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Nissan field testing new mobility services as part of building sustainable future community in Japan

Green Car Congress

The hubs connect to other vehicles, including personal vehicles, which serve as “spokes” and are used for travel to nearby areas. It includes home delivery of packages using “spoke” vehicle such as EV taxis and utilizing Japan Post vehicles for efficient delivery, as well as roadside station pickup of purchases from supermarkets.

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Finally, Tesla Confirms The Wireless Charging & A Little More On Wireless Charging of EVs

Get Electric Vehicle

It would make sense for the cars to be able to charge themselves without needing a person to plug them in if they were capable of driving alone. Energy is sent wirelessly from the charger to the car battery to charge the EV. Volvo Cars worked with Swedish taxi companies to test this technology in urban settings.

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Stuff We Use: What’s the Best Dash Cam?

The Truth About Cars

While the brand itself sounds like it was simply made up after a misguided marketing jam session, NextBase has emerged as one of the more popular makers of these electronics; if you’ve been in a taxi or Uber, there’s a decent chance some sort of device from NextBase has been along for the ride. &

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Perspective: Europeans in the lead with range extenders for hybrid vehicles; 2nd vs. 3rd generation

Green Car Congress

That includes most forklifts, golf cars and mobility vehicles for the disabled plus Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) and personal submarines. For example, the new IDTechEx report, “Electric Buses and Taxis 2011-2021” forecasts more than 91,000 hybrid electric buses being made in 2021. Second or third generation?

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EV's and Indian Manufacturing: Prof. Ashok Jhunjhunwaala | Visit to IIT Madras

Plug In India

For 40 years his personal transportation needs were met by a scooter. This was the first e-veritto, and at 15,000 kilometres the battery needed to be replaced! ​Naturally, we started by talking about batteries. ​Naturally, we started by talking about batteries. High C rates hurt batteries.

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Car News: 2024 Consumer Electronics Show

Clean Fleet Report

The Digital Premium package through the BMW Operating System 9 will include access to its ConnectedDrive store with third-party apps. The platforms can be mounted with a pickup or van body, and even a passenger design for a taxi. The largest will be PV7, midsize PV5 and the smallest, and I apologize, the cutest, PV1.

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Humanoid Robots Are Getting to Work

Cars That Think

The DARPA Grand and Urban Challenges for autonomous vehicles, in 2005 and 2007, formed the foundation for today’s autonomous taxis. Totes are standardized containers that warehouses use to store and transport items. Digit won’t be doing everything that a person can do,” says Hurst.

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