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eVTOL company Joby and NASA collaborate to measure noise footprint of electric air taxi

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As part of the two-week test campaign at Joby’s Electric Flight Base near Big Sur, California, NASA and Joby will join forces to study the acoustic signature of the all-electric Joby aircraft, which the company intends to operate as part of a commercial passenger service beginning in 2024.

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Video Friday: Grav Enhanced

Cars That Think

Flexiv’s Grav Enhanced gripper uses a gecko adhesive, which has historically been difficult to do in a commercial context. In comparison, animals developed multi-segment legs, mechanical coupling between joints, and multi-segmented feet. Today, we have a fully driverless taxi services in San Francisco and Phoenix. CMU RI ]

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Argonne white paper outlines battery and R&D requirements for electric aviation

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A new white paper published by the Argonne National Laboratory Collaborative Center for Energy Storage Science (ACCESS) outlines a clear set of battery requirements and research and development needs to accelerate the commercialization of electric propulsion for aviation—from air taxis in the near term to 737 class aircraft in the long term.

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German OEMs to upgrade emissions control on 5.3M Euro 5 and 6 diesels, contribute to €500M Sustainable Mobility fund

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Purchase subsidies for low-emission municipal commercial vehicles. The subsidy of 40% of the additional investment costs for municipal taxis and vehicles will be increased. The promotion of hybrid buses as well as natural gas buses (CNG) will be continued and intensified. Municipal acquisition of E-vehicles. Rail transport.

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Geely invests in Carbon Recycling Intl.; vehicles fueled by methanol from CO2, water and renewable energy

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In late April 2015, Geely Auto deployed a first-of-its-kind fleet of 150 methanol-fueled taxis in the southern Chinese city of Guiyang in cooperation with the municipal government. Their results showed that in comparison with gasoline mode, CO emitted in methanol mode decreased 11.2%. Click to enlarge. —Wang et al.

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Tata Tiago EV Small hatchback released: Our take

Plug In India

And if you are really comparing apples to apples, the best comparison is with the Tiago XTA AMT model, which is the entry level automatic - which costs Rs. The smaller battery would make a lot of sense for a local taxi owner, but then TML will surely not be offering the Tiago in commercial vehicle sales for the next two years at least.

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India’s electric four-wheeler ride-hailing fleet incentives

Electric Vehicles India

The Telangana state is also establishing a benchmark for electric vehicles adoption for s personal, shared and commercial vehicle segments, not only this it is also focusing on the charging infrastructure and a local manufacturing unit to produce electric vehicles and their components. Step two-Comparison of costs per km 2020 versus 2019.

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