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Tesla Model Y taxi fleet from Revel set for NYC launch after regulatory mix up

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Revel, a New York City-based ridesharing company, will launch its fleet of Tesla Model Y taxis in the Big Apple in early August after a mix-up with NYC’s regulatory agency, the Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC). A Giant Game of Telephone: The Revel Tesla Model Y Taxi Situation Explained.

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Mayor of London backs diesel car scrappage scheme; London ranked 9th best world city in new air quality study

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Charging more-polluting diesel cars is a key part of the Mayor’s proposals for an Ultra Low Emission Zone, which will be introduced in central London from 2020 (subject to consultation). They now feel very hacked off now they’re told they are more polluting. Johnson said the scheme would cost around £300 million (US$484 million) in total.

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Columbus, Ohio wins $40M DOT Smart City Challenge; $10M more from Vulcan, $90M from private partners

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US Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced that Columbus, OH has been selected as the winner of the US Department of Transportation’s Smart City Challenge. The Smart City Challenge required each city to think about transportation as cross-functional, not in silos, but as a transportation ecosystem. Earlier post.)

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

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One of the gurus of car sharing, Dr. Susan Shaheen of UC Berkeley, says we are in the age of shared mobility where new modes of alternative transportation services are making great changes. Where it used to be Hertz or Avis–or a taxi–the choices now are much more complex. But take a look at the variety of program available.

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Transportation details of LA Mayor’s proposed Green New Deal

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The LA Green New Deal seeks to “zero out” Los Angeles’ main sources of harmful emissions: buildings, transportation, electricity, and trash. LA’s carbon neutral pathway calls for deep reductions in GHG emissions from the transportation sector, affecting mobility, public transit and private vehicles.

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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

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Selected projects, by size of award, are: State of Wisconsin’s Wisconsin Clean Transportation Program. The project will include 27 alternative fuel stations (16 CNG, 7 B20/E85, one B20, three Electric Charging) and deploy 373 alternative fuel and advance technology vehicles (235 CNG, 58 HEV, two LPG, two EV).

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The Long View from SAE 2009 World Congress

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Responsible for designing the transportation system for the Citadel of Masdar. Examples of advanced powertrains are turbo charged gas engines, diesel and hybrid. It is partly due to building a city where for certain trips public transport is a much more viable alternative. ”. Dr. Luca Guala, Systemica. 8.6 / 10.6. 6.6 / 8.2. ?6.7

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