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JANUARY 3, 2024

It also has a working relationship with Volkswagen Group ever since subsidiary Porsche Engineering Group GmbH acquired a 10-percent stake in the Croatian company. The electric hypercar company was developing an autonomous taxi based around the Renault Espace minivan. These are things the company has considered, however.

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JUNE 13, 2019

Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Motors Corporation have invested in Aurora to accelerate development of autonomous vehicle technologies. With the new investment, the companies have agreed to expand research to a wide range of models and to build an optimal platform for Hyundai and Kia’s autonomous vehicles. Earlier post.).

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DECEMBER 31, 2022

Pony.ai, a global autonomous driving technology company, has been issued a fully driverless autonomous vehicle road test permit by the Beijing Intelligent Connected Vehicle Policy Pilot Zone. is in the first batch of only two AV companies. This permit builds upon other recent autonomous driving milestones for Pony.ai

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OCTOBER 29, 2019

As a center of excellence for autonomous driving from Level 4 up, VWAT will serve to build up know-how within the Group and bring a self-driving system (SDS) to market maturity. We plan to start commercializing autonomous driving at a large scale around the middle of the next decade. —Alexander Hitzinger.

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MAY 24, 2016

nuTonomy is positioning itself to be the first company to deliver an autonomous taxi service, and plans to launch a commercial offering in 2018. The company currently operates an R&D fleet of autonomous vehicles in Singapore, where it was the first private company to win governmental approval for testing on public roads.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Hertz has a national footprint of locations across North America suitable for bp pulse to build and manage a network of fast-charging hubs to serve Hertz customers, including taxi and ride sharing drivers, as well as the general public.

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APRIL 6, 2023

Kia plans to build an EV lineup of 15 models by 2027, including the flagship model EV9 just revealed ( earlier post )). Key within the refreshed sales targets, Kia increased its 2026 annual EV sales target to 1 million units and 2030 EV sales target to 1.6 This is one more than the ‘14 models by 2027’ announced a year earlier.

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Having raked in perhaps 30 percent of all the money invested in electrically-powered vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft so far, Joby is the colossus in an emerging class of startups working on these radical, battery-powered commercial flyers. With Joby and its $1.85 With Joby and its $1.85

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MAY 22, 2016

China’s Zhejiang Geely Holding Group (ZGH) has raised $400 million through the first Green Bond sale on the offshore market from a Chinese automobile company to support the design, development and production of range-extended electric vehicles by its UK subsidiary, the LondonTaxi Company (LTC), manufacturer of the iconic London Black Cab.

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Cars That Think

JULY 8, 2023

All over the world, startup companies, government agencies, universities, and airlines are collaborating to launch an entirely new category of aviation based on electric aircraft capable of both vertical takeoff and efficient horizontal flight. These sensors will detect other aircraft, birds, buildings, and thick clouds.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 1, 2024

Urban Air Mobility (UAM) developer Volocopter announced its latest milestone today, sharing it has received a Production Organization Approval (POA) extension from the German government, enabling it to expand its production facilities and commence serial production of its VoloCity eVTOL air taxis. Is that enough initialisms for you?

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AUGUST 26, 2009

Better Place has received an award from the Japanese government to conduct a pilot project in Tokyo for the world’s first electric taxis with switchable batteries. The project, which follows on the company’s successful battery switch demonstration earlier this year in Yokohama ( earlier post ), is slated to begin in January 2010.

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JULY 16, 2021

Thirteen companies and one university have signed agreements with NASA’s Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) project’s National Campaign to continue work towards integrating air taxis, cargo delivery aircraft and other new air vehicle concepts into the national airspace system. Joby Aviation’s all-electric prototype.

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OCTOBER 2, 2017

A collaboration with US company Wright Electric will support the goal for short haul flights to be operated by all-electric planes. Wright Electric has set itself the challenge of building an all-electric commercial passenger jet capable of flying passengers across easyJet’s UK and European network within a decade.

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APRIL 28, 2021

The Small Fast Harbor Craft Project, led by Zero Emission Industries’ ( ZEI ) (formerly Golden Gate Zero Emission Marine) will test a commercial marine vessel modified to incorporate a hydrogen fuel cell powertrain. Zero Emission Industries, launched 2017, develops and sells power systems for a range of applications.

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AUGUST 4, 2020

The report, Opportunities for hydrogen in commercial aviation , which had technical input and funding from The Boeing Company, finds that growing hydrogen industry momentum could provide an opportunity to introduce hydrogen for niche airport applications (such as ground support equipment) as early as 2025.

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JANUARY 3, 2017

The automaker also announced plans to invest $700 million to expand its Flat Rock Assembly Plant in Michigan into a factory that will build high-tech autonomous and electric vehicles along with the Mustang and Lincoln Continental. A high-volume autonomous vehicle designed for commercial ride hailing or ride sharing, starting in North America.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2021

The company envisions a not-too-distant future when dynamic charging will support moving vehicles (from taxi queues to roadways), and autonomous vehicles and robots will charge without human intervention. Bill Merritt, President and CEO of InterDigital, the mobile and video technology research and development company.

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Electric Vehicles India

MAY 3, 2021

A Denver-Colorado based Bye Aerospace has unveiled an 8-seat all-electric twin turbo-prop-class airplane eFlyer 800 which aims at the air taxi, air cargo, regional and character aircraft markets. According to the industry forecast, an estimated 763,000 new commercial and airline pilots are needed. Bye Aerospace CEO, George E.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2019

The $300-million investment will build on Electrify America’s initial priorities and expand into new areas, where the need for electric vehicle charging stations and technology are greatest or are most likely to be used regularly.

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MAY 12, 2014

API certification marks an important step in the commercialization process and paves the way for use by motor oil manufacturers. The company plans to build a large, full-scale facility, possibly in the Houston, Texas area within the next two years. Petroleum synthetic oils typically score between 6.0

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JULY 5, 2017

The BMW Group is supplying lithium-ion batteries from its Dingolfing plant to German company Torqeedo. The marine drive system manufacturer is using them for energy storage in its high-performance Deep Blue electric drive systems. kWh BMW i3 pack offered by Torqeedo has a usable capacity of 30.5 The pack carries a 9-year warranty.

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OCTOBER 6, 2017

million units2 sold in 2016, as the company expands its product range, including in LCV and new electric vehicles and builds on success of its global access range. New mobility services – Ride-hailing, robo-taxi services by end of plan. R&D Investment – €18 billion over six years, with a multiplier effect from the Alliance.

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MARCH 14, 2017

Volkswagen Group IT is cooperating with leading quantum computing company D-Wave Systems on a research project for traffic flow optimization. In the course of this project, experts from the Volkswagen Code Lab in San Francisco and the Volkswagen Data Lab in Munich and used data from approximately 10,000 taxis in Beijing.

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Blink Charging

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Including cars, trucks, commercial aircraft, and railroads, transportation was responsible for 29% of total greenhouse gas emissions in the United States in 2021 and 20% of emissions globally. Unlike many other commercial properties airports can benefit from providing all three levels of EV charging. C climate-aligned future.”

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

H2X has also announced it will build the H2X in Europe and in Australia at a facility in Sale in Victoria’s LaTrobe Valley. The company, which launched in Australia in June 2020 with plans to reboot the local car industry has had a series of setbacks and changes along the way. “It 2023 H2X Warrego prototype.

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DECEMBER 14, 2018

Partial Consent Decree, CARB moved forward the company’s plans for DC fast-charging in more metro areas, adding charging for regional routes, and strengthening highway networks. The company also will invest in rural Level 2 charging. Implementation for Cycle 2 will begin on 1 July 2019, and continue through 31 December 2021.

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JANUARY 4, 2018

million electric vehicles in use across London, the East and South East of England where UK Power Networks delivers electricity—including London’s buses and taxis. By 2030 it is anticipated that there will be up to 1.9 This could significantly increase peak demand for electricity.

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OCTOBER 4, 2018

The second cycle investment will build on Electrify America’s initial priorities and expand into new areas, where the need for electric vehicle charging stations and technology are greatest or are most likely to be used regularly. Cycle 2 is a 30-month investment period, which begins in July 2019.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The two companies will explore the utilization of quantum computers together, with aims to build up specialist knowledge and to carry out practically oriented research. We at Volkswagen want to be among the first to use quantum computing for corporate processes as soon as this technology is commercially available.

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Electric Vehicles India

JANUARY 23, 2023

Indian giant invests in Faradion to accelerate the commercialization of electric vehicle batteries. The company claims sodium-ion technology is safer and cheaper. Reliance is also building a huge integrated manufacturing facility in India. The company, along with Hyundai and Reliance, recently bid for its $2.4

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MAY 5, 2021

The company solidified its expectations for the rest of 2021, forecasting $10 billion to $11 billion, or $4.50 Additionally, the company expects the adjusted free cash flow to be between $1 billion and $2 billion for the year. . The company expects about $5.5 taxis by 2030. taxis by 2030. GM reported $32.47

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OCTOBER 29, 2014

Daimler subsidiary moovel GmbH is using cloud infrastructure from SoftLayer, an IBM Company, for its car-sharing mobile application car2go to allow the company to better serve its customers around the world by helping them find the least expensive or fastest way to travel.

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DECEMBER 14, 2010

Awards include (ranked by amount): PHL Taxi Management LLC —$900,000 – to purchase and deploy 50 new CNG taxis in Philadelphia that comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act, and to build a publicly accessible CNG fueling station in the city. Waste Management of Pennsylvania Inc.

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AUGUST 1, 2016

Delphi’s technology solution is vehicle-agnostic and can be applied in passenger cars, buses, commercial vehicles, purpose-built mobility pods and electric vehicles. AVs provide the opportunity to facilitate efficient urban and suburban vehicle sharing, autonomous bus or taxi services, logistics and long-distance truck platooning.

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MARCH 23, 2017

The London Taxi Company (LTC) officially opened the UK’s first car plant dedicated solely to the production of range-extended electric vehicles. The new vehicle plant in Ansty, Coventry, will build the world’s first purpose-built, mass-market electric taxi. Geely also owns Volvo Cars.).

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OCTOBER 22, 2021

While San Francisco was one of Waymo’s early testing sites, it is lagging behind the Phoenix metropolitan region in terms of autonomous ride-hailing commercialization. Because in 2017, Waymo began providing rides to Phoenix residents and though the company didn’t make considerable money, the program is said to be a success.

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