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NYU-BMW i report explores future urban mobility; sustainability and resilience

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Demographic factors such as an overall urban population boom, the increase in urban single-person households and rapidly aging urban populations—the population age 65 and older in New York City, for example, is expected to increase more than 36% by 2030—will lead to significant changes in urban mobility. million to 229 million.

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Electrify America, Sacramento announce Green City investments: ZEV car-sharing, ZEV bus and shuttle routes, EV charging systems

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This service will be available in Q1 2019. With 75% of the fleet expected to serve low-income and disadvantaged communities, Envoy provides equitable transportation for drivers running personal errands, as well those looking to participate in the gig economy and generate income that is 30% higher than the minimum wage.

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Personal: One in a Million

Clean Fleet Report

Buyers could still receive federal tax credits and local incentives if available. The number of EVs in my neighborhood seems to be growing weekly. The post Personal: One in a Million first appeared on Clean Fleet Report. Tesla and GM both exceeded the state’s 200,000-unit sales cap on rebates.

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Daimlers car-sharing service car2go expands to Canada

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car2go uses a “free-floating” model of car sharing, where cars are available throughout the city and can be accessed “on-demand” or reserved up to 24 hours in advance. A network of 225 smart “car2go edition” vehicles will be available to Vancouver car2go members as of June 2011.

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An Easy EV Conversion Kit For People

Open Source Civic EV Kit

While people can purchase neighborhood electric vehicles today for about $10K, they only have a top speed of 35 miles an hour or so, essentially glorified golf-carts. All the commercially available freeway-capable (70 mph) EVs are priced way out of reach for the average consumer.

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GM’s Maven car-sharing reaches 1M miles driven in <4 months; Boston, Chicago, and DC joining lineup

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In less than four months, Maven, General Motors’ personal mobility brand ( earlier post ), has grown to five markets: New York City, Ann Arbor, Mich., When Maven City members reserve their choice of available Chevrolet, Cadillac and Buick vehicles, they have the option of having the vehicle hand-delivered to them.

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Why Engineers Still Need the Humanities

Cars That Think

The only way to discover it is to go to the library in person and leaf through the papers. He urged engineers to participate in society, whether in the affairs of the neighborhood or the nation. Most of the content is unavailable on the Internet or anywhere else. No amount of Googling or prompting ChatGPT will reveal this history.

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