Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2021

The California Energy Commission is awarding $2 million (GFO-20-604, Hydrogen Fuel Cell Demonstrations in Rail and Marine Applications at Ports (H2RAM)) and Southern California Gas Co. The project will demonstrate the vessel for six months, split between the San Francisco Bay and Long Beach.

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Teslarati

MAY 6, 2024

Waymo, the driverless ride-hailing company owned by Google parent company Alphabet, is now looking to begin testing in a number of new cities in the San Francisco Bay Area, following the company’s approval to expand gained earlier this year.

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Electrek

AUGUST 16, 2023

Waymo received final approval to operate its driverless taxis in California last week and will start charging for its driverless robotaxi service in San Francisco starting Monday, August 21. more… The post Waymo starts taking fares for SF robotaxis after state approval appeared first on Electrek.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 21, 2023

The robotaxi situation in California continues to get more ridiculous after additional reports of autonomous test vehicles doing something incredibly stupid. The San Francisco Fire Department seems particularly annoyed and has accused the vehicles of failing to get out of the way in emergency situations.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2018

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) approved Electrify America’s plan to invest its second $200 million in California Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) infrastructure and education programs. In finding that Electrify America’s Cycle 2 California ZEV Investment Plan meets or exceeds all requirements of the 2.0L

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The Truth About Cars

JULY 24, 2024

CEO Sundar Pichai said on the earnings call that Waymo provides 50,000 weekly paid trips, primarily in San Francisco and Phoenix. In June, Waymo removed the waitlist and opened Waymo rides to all San Francisco users. It has completed 2 million trips to date. The unit raised $2.25 The company raised another $2.5

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Teslarati

JANUARY 30, 2023

Alphabet-owned Waymo and General Motors-backed Cruise are the only two companies that have been given permission to operate driverless robotaxis in San Francisco streets. San Francisco’s transportation authorities have asked Waymo and Cruise to slow down the expansion of their self-driving taxi services over safety issues.

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The Truth About Cars

JULY 26, 2024

Reports have also claimed that it also intends on charging fares as part of an autonomous taxi service due sometime in 2025. Cruise has undertaken restructuring efforts after sustained pushback from San Francisco residents and a series of high-profile accidents.

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Baua Electric

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Toyota Motor and Revel , an operator of an EV taxi service and a network of high-speed charging stations, have signed an agreement that will give owners of Toyota and Lexus EVs complimentary access to Revel’s DC fast charging network in New York City. The agreement runs through October 14, 2027.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Electrify America announced its next $200-million investment in Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) infrastructure as well as education and awareness in California which is outlined in its Cycle 2 California ZEV Investment Plan submitted to the California Air Resources Board (CARB). San Diego-Carlsbad. Santa Cruz-Watsonville.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

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

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 29, 0002

Self-driving vehicles have become a contentious issue in San Francisco. & While public complaints seemed to be endangering the companies’ ability to expand operations, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) voted 3-to-1 on Thursday to do just that. .&

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Baua Electric

MARCH 15, 2024

Amazon’s self-driving car unit, Zoox, is seeking to stay abreast of rival Waymo by expanding its vehicles’ testing in California and Nevada to include a wider area, higher speeds and nighttime driving. Zoox also operates retrofitted self-driving Toyota Highlanders in Seattle, Las Vegas, San Francisco and Foster City, California.

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Baua Electric

JULY 11, 2024

By using hydrogen-electric propulsion developed by its subsidiary H2FLY, Joby recently completed a 523-mile eVTOL flight in California. Following millions in initial funding and, most recently, a California Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) grant, Joby has secured a US location for eVTOL production.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2017

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) has received Volkswagen’s (VW) first 30-month Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Investment Plan. On 25 October 2016, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California approved a proposed 2.0-liter diesel vehicles with defeat devices. diesel cars.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 15, 2019

The new release unlocks the tools developers need to create reliable self-driving mobility solutions such as robo-taxis and autonomous delivery services. udelv, a California-based autonomous delivery van company, is one example of companies leveraging Apollo 3.5 Open Source V2X and Robo-taxis. Apollo 3.5

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Baua Electric

MARCH 21, 2024

The San Francisco, California-based company launched video ads in the last quarter of 2023, partnering with Warner Bros Discovery to promote ‘Wonka’ movie using its in-app video. Apart from serving ads on the app, Lyft also leverages taxi top advertising displays, in-car advertisements, and its bikeshare stations.

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

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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Baua Electric

JUNE 14, 2024

A fleet of 500 taxis navigated by computers, often with no safety drivers in them for backup, buzz around. The company that operates them, tech giant Baidu, said last month that it would add another 1,000 of the so-called robot taxis in Wuhan. California regulators later suspended the company’s state license.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

These metro areas are expected to account for more than 50% of expected battery electric vehicles (BEVs) in operation outside California through 2022 (Navigant, 2017). In addition, under separate plans, Electrify America will invest $800 million in California, one of the largest ZEV markets in the world.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 28, 2024

Ample is a California-based startup specializing in modular battery stations that are easy to install and move, all while occupying a minimal footprint. That process began win 2021, when Aaple began deploying its first generation of autonomous battery-swapping stations around San Francisco.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2013

Four of the top 15 markets are in California: San Francisco (1), Los Angeles (2), San Diego (7) and Sacramento (8). The Top 15 LEAF markets nationally, rank-ordered (Nissan does not specify sales data down to the DMA level, but does suggest reasons for the sales performance): San Francisco.

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Baua Electric

JUNE 7, 2024

In February 2023, Zoox began rides on public roads in Foster City, California—marking the first time a purpose-built autonomous vehicle without any manual controls had done so. This past March, Zoox offered an update to its robotaxi taxi operations in its current cities, expanding operational hours and routes.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2011

These include: fueling five new hydrogen fuel cell powered buses that transport riders daily on the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit) bus system in the San Francisco Bay Area in California (2010); commissioning its fueling station in London to fuel a fleet of five hydrogen buses as part of the Transport for London Project (2010), and (..)

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Baua Electric

MARCH 13, 2024

In total, the area covers approximately 63 square miles – a larger area than Waymo’s 47mi² San Francisco service area, but much smaller than the 180mi² area that Waymo operates in in Phoenix. Waymo says that it wants to “scale its operations over time,” and cover a larger area than this, but doesn’t give a timeline for doing so.

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Baua Electric

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Drive Pilot Level 3 by Mercedes-Benz enables hands-free driving on select highways in California and Nevada at speeds of up to 40 mph, though a 55-mph capability is pending approval. Only one automaker today has a system that qualifies as Level 3, though Super Cruise is close. A human will still sit in the driver’s seat.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Better Place, with support from the US Department of Transportation via the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, has committed to bring a switchable battery, electric taxi program to the Bay Area in partnership with the cities of San Francisco and San Jose. San Francisco Public Utilities Commission.

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Teslarati

APRIL 8, 2023

General Motors’ (GM) self-driving taxi unit, Cruise, has “recalled” its fleet of vehicles following a viral crash with a bus earlier this week. For GM, that comes in the form of its level 3 autonomous taxis serving the San Francisco area under the brand name Cruise. What do you think of the article?

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2012

The California Energy Commission approved funding of more than $20 million to support low carbon transportation projects; about half went to Tesla Motors. the air district will demonstrate specially designed battery electric taxis that can use switchable batteries to give the vehicles essentially unlimited range.

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MARCH 31, 2023

Where it used to be Hertz or Avis–or a taxi–the choices now are much more complex. Uber’s value proposition is that it is cheaper than using a taxi and much cheaper than using a personal car. The choices can be almost overwhelming, so services like Yelp can help you sort out the consumer-facing side of the choices.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2012

Some of these have been put to use in taxi fleets in such cities as San Francisco and New York, with some taxi vehicles attaining more than 250,000 miles individually and taxi fleets in California alone attaining a total of nearly 100 million miles.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2013

In two packages of awards, the California Energy Commission approved more than $44 million to expand the hydrogen fueling infrastructure and increase the number of alter alternative fuel vehicles on the road in the state. Expanding hydrogen fueling stations in California. million ZEV vehicles on the roadways by 2025.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

at FAA’s National Center of Excellence for Aviation Operations Research ( NEXTOR ) at the University of California, Berkeley, to evaluate an airline’s fuel efficiency relative to both the mobility (straight-line passenger miles between origin and destination) and access (airports served and/or flight frequency) it provides.

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Baua Electric

JULY 12, 2023

In between, Jeffrey Tumlin, director of transportation on the San Francisco Municipal Transit Company, stated wave deployments on town streets have sown havoc. That units up a high-profile showdown between hard work unions and the tech trade, two of California Democrats’ maximum well-known constituencies.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

Dr. Frank is Professor Emeritus, Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering at the University of California, Davis, where he established the Institute for Transportation Studies (ITS-Davis), and was director of the US Department of Energy’s National Center of Hybrid Excellence at UC Davis. Table of Contents. Engineering Advantages of PHEV.

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