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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

Clean Fleet Report

One of the gurus of car sharing, Dr. Susan Shaheen of UC Berkeley, says we are in the age of shared mobility where new modes of alternative transportation services are making great changes. Uber’s value proposition is that it is cheaper than using a taxi and much cheaper than using a personal car. In the U.S.

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Avis Budget group to acquire car-sharing company Zipcar in cash deal for approximately $500 million

Green Car Congress

By combining with Zipcar, we will significantly increase our growth potential, both in the United States and internationally, and will position our Company to better serve a greater variety of consumer and commercial transportation needs. Avis Budget expects to generate $50 to $70 million in annual synergies as a result of the transaction.

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How EV Charging Boosts Your Workplace Benefits Package

Blink Charging

The International Council on Clean Transportation predicts that in order to support the upcoming 26 million EVs on US roads in 2030, 1.3 Nearly two in five” said they had turned down a job or assignment that did not match their personal ethics. EV charging is one way to begin or promote your company’s sustainability initiatives.

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How EV Charging Boosts Your Workplace Benefits Package

Blink Charging

The International Council on Clean Transportation predicts that in order to support the upcoming 26 million EVs on US roads in 2030, 1.3 Nearly two in five” said they had turned down a job or assignment that did not match their personal ethics. EV charging is one way to begin or promote your company’s sustainability initiatives.

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Your Robotic Avatar Is Almost Ready

Cars That Think

In 2018 , the XPrize Foundation announced a competition (sponsored by the Japanese airline ANA) to create “an avatar system that can transport human presence to a remote location in real time,” with the goal of developing robotic systems that could be used by humans to interact with the world anywhere with a decent Internet connection.

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The New Supersonic Boom

Cars That Think

Piloting the bullet-shaped Bell X-1 rocket plane in 1947, Chuck Yeager became the first person to exceed the speed of sound while in horizontal flight. The Soviet Union's Tupolev TU-144, which could fly just as fast and had been used to transport mail and freight the previous year, began carrying passengers in 1977.