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Zoox is expanding autonomous robotaxi rides to new US cities

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This week, the company announced plans to start testing in Miami, Florida, and Austin, Texas, as it looks to begin commercial ride-hailing operations in the cities it’s already established in. 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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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

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Team partners will purchase a total of 191 commercially available light- to heavy-duty alternative-fuel and advanced-technology vehicles. s Connecticut Clean Cities Future Fuels Project. Vehicles to be deployed include 163 CNG, the vast majority for high mileage taxis and 18 heavy-duty LNG refuse trucks.

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Car News: 2024 Consumer Electronics Show

Clean Fleet Report

The new ‘H’ mark will be applied on future Honda EV models, including the Honda 0 Series. Modular commercial electric vans to this point have been on the larger side, such those FedEx and Amazon are using from Rivian and BrightDrop. The platforms can be mounted with a pickup or van body, and even a passenger design for a taxi.

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The Long View from SAE 2009 World Congress

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We are all stampeding towards an electric vehicle future. Dr. Heywood believes it will take a collection of actions: to get to a future state with 25% of today’s level would require six equal elements with a 20% improvement (0.8) The PRT as an automated taxi that is 4m long by 1.4m

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The promise of wireless charging: smaller batteries, longer battery life, fewer charging stations

Charged EVs

Wireless charging is nothing new— Charged has covered wireless EV charging since at least 2011—but it may be that its true value is only coming into focus now, as more and more commercial and transit fleets are electrifying. We could take an Oslo taxi and charge it in a bus terminal in Wenatchee, Washington or vice versa.

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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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Appendix B: Car of the Future: A Comparison of Alternative Vehicles. Electrically-powered vehicles called plug-in electric vehicles, (PEVs), can shift us from exclusive use of gasoline and diesel to offer a pathway to a future of burning no fossil materials. Even more new uses will be discovered in the future. Conclusions.

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