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This new Airbus air taxi has a 50-mile range and is quieter than a hairdryer

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Nearly five years in the making, this prototype targets a flight range of 50 miles (80 km) and a cruising speed of 75 mph (120 km/h). The aircraft, which can reach cruising speeds of 65 knots (about 75 mph) weighs two tons and has a 40-foot wingspan – so it’s by no means a tiny aircraft. Perhaps closer to people talking loudly.

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Car News: 2024 Consumer Electronics Show

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The platforms can be mounted with a pickup or van body, and even a passenger design for a taxi. The RS touts 1,000+ hp with 0-60 mph under two seconds and a top speed of 200 mph. With dual motors, the all-wheel drive has 800-volt architecture and carbon ceramic Brembo brakes. The PV5 should be the first to be released.

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BYD reports plug-in fleet test results; rapid charging not diminishing capacity

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BYD all-electric e6 Taxi in service in Shenzhen. In conjunction with the one-year anniversary of its all-electric vehicle Taxi fleet test, BYD announced high-level results of several pilots of its plug-in electric vehicles—the F3DM, e6 and eBUS-12—in fleet testing across the world. million kg) of carbon-dioxide.

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Hyundai Motor powers world’s first hydrogen fuel cell vehicle car-sharing service

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Hydrogen fuel for BeeZero is sourced from sustainable production processes, making it completely carbon neutral. In December 2015, Hyundai delivered five ix35 Fuel Cell vehicles to the Paris-based electric taxi start-up STEP (Société du Taxi Electrique Parisien).

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EADS demonstrating electric and hybrid aviation propulsion; innovative distributed propulsion series hybrid

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The Elektro E6 is envisioned to feature a full carbon composite structure, two motors, high wing propeller, solar cells technology, 6 seats, 480 kg (1,058 lb) payload and 500-km (311-mile) range. Take-off speed is 110 km/h (68 mph); cruise speed is 160 km/h (99 mph); and maximum speed is 220 km/h (137 mph).

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Driving the VW e-Golf; strategy, assembly in Wolfsburg, Braunschweig battery plant

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The e-Golf reaches a speed of 60 km/h (37 mph) within 4.2 seconds, and 100 km/h (62 mph) in 10.4 seconds, with top speed limited to 140 km/h (87 mph. The speedometer, which goes up to 160 km/h (99 mph), remains on the right. The e-Golf now reaches a top speed of 90 km/h (56 mph) and accelerates at a slower rate.

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

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The combination of harvesting whole forests and burning long-sequestered carbon sources such as coal or oil has impaired the Earth’s carbon cycle at an increasing pace. To restore balance we must protect the oxygen-producing biomass of Earth and reduce the amount of carbon emissions. But use of petroleum will continue.

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