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Following the Money in the Air-Taxi Craze

Cars That Think

Today, Joby has more than 1,000 employees and it’s backed by close to US $2 billion in investments, including $400 million from Toyota Motor Corporation along with big infusions from Uber and JetBlue. Similarly, the way we move people and goods in the future could be very, very different from the way we do it today.”.

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BYD and Hertz partnering on EV rentals in China

Green Car Congress

BYD and The Hertz Corporation, the world’s largest general use car rental brand, announced a strategic partnership to promote new energy applications to propel the development of the EV markets in China. As part of the partnership, Hertz will rent BYD’s e6 electrical vehicle (EV) to Chinese consumers, municipalities and government agencies.

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How China beat everybody to be international chief in electrical automobiles

Baua Electric

EVs accounted for 1 / 4 of all passenger vehicles offered in China utmost future, a long way forward of the kind of one in seven in the United States and one in 8 in Europe. million unutilized passenger EV gross sales this future, BloombergNEF predicts. REUTERS) Beijing’s luck is breathtaking. And the generation is accelerating.

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PHEVLERs are the Zero CO2 Clean Green Machines of the Future

Green Car Congress

These vehicles are the green machines that will provide a critical part of the renewable and sustainable society that we need for the future. [ PHEVLERs of the future should be made with flex-fuel engines that can use any blend of biofuel to serve all of their liquid fuel needs. About the authors. Dr. Andrew A. 23 ] , [ 24 ].

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Volkswagen Group, Google partnering on quantum computing; traffic optimization, batteries, AI

Green Car Congress

Quantum computing technology opens up new dimensions and represents the fast-track for future-oriented topics. We at Volkswagen want to be among the first to use quantum computing for corporate processes as soon as this technology is commercially available. In some cases, a solution will only be possible with quantum computers.

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Toyota and Nishitetsu begin full-scale operation of multi-modal mobility service “my route” in Fukuoka City and Kitakyushu City

Green Car Congress

Toyota Motor Corporation and Nishi-Nippon Railroad Co., s Motaku taxi booking service. JR Kyushu is in charge of providing operation information and an online booking service for Shinkansen trains and conventional trains it operates, while it also plans to expand the further collaboration with my route in the future.

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EV's and Indian Manufacturing: Prof. Ashok Jhunjhunwaala | Visit to IIT Madras

Plug In India

Western / Chinese battery materials are optimised for performance in a temperature range of 15 to 30 C. Chennai Mass Rapid Transit Station near the Research Park OTP based charging port 3d printing Concrete ​Ashok thinks that in the battery space, the Chinese do a good job of electrical design. High C rates hurt batteries.