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Volvo robotaxis roll out in suburban Shanghai

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Shanghai is our main trial site, and we have dispatched over 100 self-driving taxis in several places around the globe, including California. While Didi is the first ride-hailing company to roll out a robotaxi service in Shanghai, a few companies launched similar services in other Chinese cities earlier this year.

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Driverless cars covered 5x more test miles in California in 2023 – ET Auto

Baua Electric

million miles in California last year, over five times the previous year’s total, even as concerns rose in the wake of a Cruise robotaxi accident, state data on vehicle testing released on Friday showed. Taxis with empty driver’s seats have become common in the San Francisco area. million miles from 5.1 1, 2022 to Nov.

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Following the Money in the Air-Taxi Craze

Cars That Think

During rush hour, the skies over a large city, such as Dubai or Madrid or Los Angeles, would swarm with hundreds, and eventually thousands, of eVTOL “air taxis.” And a 2021 study at the University of California, Berkeley, found that in the San Francisco Bay area, overall travel times could be reduced with as few as 10 vertiports.

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UQM Technologies forms strategic alliance in China to supply new energy vehicles

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has signed a memorandum of understanding with a major Chinese company for the development and marketing of UQM electric propulsion systems for New Energy Vehicles (NEV) in China. UQM powers test-fleet vehicles by Audi in Germany, Rolls-Royce and the London Taxi Company in the UK, and previously, Saab vehicles in Sweden.

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DiDi Chuxing launches lab in Silicon Valley to focus on AI-based security and intelligent driving tech

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Didi Chuxing—China’s leading mobile transportation platform—has launched DiDi Labs in Mountain View, California. DiDi Labs will primarily focus on AI-based security and intelligent driving technologies, with an aim to attract top engineering talents to advance transformation in the global transportation industry.

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NEVS and DiDi partner up for future mobility; EV optimized for DiDi services

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In January 2017, the Chinese government approved NEVS’ application to start production of electric vehicles in its manufacturing plant in Tianjin. In March 2017, DiDi launched DiDi Labs in Mountain View, California. The company has been mainly owned by NME Holdings Ltd.,

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Report: BYD to test market e6 EV in US in 2011

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In a recent telephone interview, she denied that the delay had anything to do with a possible intellectual-property infringement on certain battery technology by BYD.She said BYD plans to ship as many as 50 e6 electric cars by the end of next year to fleet customers in Southern California, including the municipal government of Los Angeles.

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