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New York City pushes Uber & Lyft fleets to be zero-emissions by 2030

Teslarati

New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced that Uber and Lyft will be required to have a zero-emissions fleet by 2030 during his State of the City speech on Thursday. The plans are expected to affect the estimated 100,000 for-hire vehicles operating within the city. This is what real leadership looks like.

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Sensor Networks Help Fight Floods and Noise Pollution

Cars That Think

A challenge for New York City's efforts to reduce the negative impacts of street-level flooding and noise pollution has been how to measure these issues effectively. Ultimately, the data and knowledge gained through FloodNet can be used by local residents, researchers, and city agencies to address flood risks.

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A $275 Bus Ticket to the Hamptons

Baua Electric

The Hamptons Streamliner is a partnership between Blade and the Jet, a high-end coach service between New York and Washington, D.C., which supplied the two buses being used for the new transit service. Each bus cost about a million dollars to buy and outfit, said Chad Scarborough, the founder of the Jet.)

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What’s In It For Me?

Creative Greenius

I gave the Carson City Manager what has now become my standard reply. How am I supposed to look anyone under 40 years old in the eye unless I do everything I can to buy them some more time and stave off the worst of what’s coming? . “What’s in it for me?” That’s unacceptable to me.

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How to make heavy-duty electric trucks work in practice

Charged EVs

In California, several utilities offer incentive programs to buy down the capital equipment cost for their customers, a model other states should consider emulating.”. Onward and upward. Now that the Volvo LIGHTS program has officially concluded, what’s next?

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How ridesharing can help solve the challenge of urban EV ownership

Charged EVs

It’s easy to see that there’s a connection between ridesharing and urban public charging, but as Revel COO Paul Suhey recently explained to Charged , the synergies run much deeper than are apparent at first glance—and Revel’s approach could prove to be a model for advancing EV adoption in cities around the world. We give them suggestions.

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Overcoming Systemic Racism Through System Engineering

Cars That Think

or New York City. She launched the first class in January 2006, and as she built Year Up’s presence in Washington, ­Boyea-Robinson’s work became a model for the organization nationwide, starting in New York later that year. That student was me,” she says, “with different options and choices.”

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