Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2017

The London Taxi Company (LTC) officially opened the UK’s first car plant dedicated solely to the production of range-extended electric vehicles. The new vehicle plant in Ansty, Coventry, will build the world’s first purpose-built, mass-market electric taxi. —Carl-Peter Forster, Chairman of the London Taxi Company.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2019

Bosch is working on sensor technology for air taxis. The Boston Consulting Group predicts that people around the world will take 1 billion flights in air taxis in 2030, once sharing services have also established a presence on fixed routes above the ground; most of those air taxis will be capable of operating without a pilot.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 13, 2024

According to Rapido, nearly 20 lakh rides are being operated per week within the bike taxi segment. Following the scrapping of the Karnataka Electric Bike Taxi scheme, 2021, taxi-aggregator platform Rapido plans to recall all e-bike taxis running under their platform.

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

California’s Wisk Aero claims that it has developed the first self-flying, fully electric, 4-seat air taxi in the world. This is its 6th generation air taxi and it is reportedly “designed to meet and exceed rigorous commercial safety standards, making it one of the safest systems in aviation,” according to Wisk Aero.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 31, 2022

Pony.ai, a global autonomous driving technology company, has been issued a fully driverless autonomous vehicle road test permit by the Beijing Intelligent Connected Vehicle Policy Pilot Zone. The autonomous vehicles will be tested without anyone in the vehicle; a safety officer will monitor the test vehicles remotely.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 22, 2021

A taxi company in Denmark, Dantaxi, is partnering with E.ON, the largest charging operator in Denmark, to open the largest taxi charging hub in the Nordics. “Danhub — Powered by E.ON” will allow up to 400 taxis to charge daily. Dantaxi’s commercial director, Vibeke […].

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

As a result, public transportation organizations, taxi companies, and transport service providers will be able to deploy their fleets considerably more efficiently while minimizing waiting times for passengers. Public transport organizations and taxi companies in large cities are highly interested in managing their fleets efficiently.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2017

London Taxi Company (LTC) has relaunched as London EV Company (LEVC), marking the next stage in the company’s transformation. Underpinned by an investment totalling £325 million (US$420 million), LEVC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Geely, intends to be the urban commercial vehicle provider of choice for cities around the world.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 8, 2024

Rapido has over 60% market share in Indian bike taxi space. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways ( MoRTH ) has issued guidelines clarifying the legality of bike taxis in India, potentially paving way for their return in key markets like Delhi and Maharashtra. lakh employment opportunities every month.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Toyota Motor Corporation has introduced a new taxi vehicle for Japan, the “JPN Taxi.” The new model showcases a people-friendly, universal design that provides usability and comfort to a wide range of people through continual innovations and improvements, from grab handles to the overall vehicle structure. mpg US, 5.51

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2019

The company will be managed by Alexander Hitzinger, Senior Vice President for autonomous driving in the Volkswagen Group and Member of the Volkswagen Brand Board of Management responsible for Technical Development at Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles (VWCV). The first application cases are planned in the commercial sector.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2018

Voyage, a startup in the autonomous taxi space, entered into a long-term strategic partnership with Renovo, a mobility technology company, to license Renovo’s AWare OS for use across its global fleet of automated vehicles. These deployments will feature Voyage’s custom automated driving system (ADS) running on Renovo’s AWare OS.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2020

Uber and Hyundai Motor Company announced a new partnership to develop Uber Air Taxis for a future aerial ride share network and unveiled a new full-scale aircraft concept at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Both parties are collaborating on infrastructure concepts to support take-off and landing for this new class of vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

With more than 550 electric taxis on European roads, Nissan is now Europe’s best-selling manufacturer of 100% electric taxis. During 2015, more than 100 electric vehicles were delivered to taxi companies across Europe. Top five Nissan e-taxi countries in Europe by registrations. Green Lite Taxi Kft.,

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

mph)—making the Spirit of Innovation the world’s fastest all-electric vehicle, the company said. The characteristics that air-taxis require from batteries, for example, are very similar to what was developed for the Spirit of Innovation, the company said. —Dr Tim Woolmer, YASA’s Chief Technology Officer and Founder.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

This marks the first commercial application of wireless charging for an autonomous electric e-bus, with WiTricity providing a key feature in one of the most advanced public transportation systems in the world. The commercial deployment of wireless charging in YuTong’s e-buses will debut in Zhengzhou, China, on the Xiaoyu 2.0

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Hype is developing the world’s first fleet of hydrogen-powered taxis. Launched during the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21) in Paris, it now has around 100 vehicles. The “2020 HYPE 600” project aims to reach the 600-taxi mark by the end of 2020.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2017

Symbio has integrated a 15 kW (net) fuel cell range extender in a Nissan e-NV200 electric van, with plans to introduce the vehicle to the European taxi market. The new plug-in hybrid hydrogen fuel cell vehicle will deliver at least 500 km of range. Symbio unveiled the van at the FC Expo 2017 in Tokyo. kg hydrogen at 700 bar).

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 9, 2024

Hyundai’s air mobility arm Supernal plans to put its new S-A2 aircraft into production in 2028 ahead of what it expects to be a huge increase in demand for electric aircraft as an alternative to taxis in cities. Flight tests will begin 2025 and pre-production vehicles will test in 2026 and 2027.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

will begin sales of the battery-electric e-NV200 commercial vehicle ( earlier post ) in Japan during fiscal year 2014, and will eventually expand sales worldwide. Activities so far have included the use of Nissan LEAF and the Nissan New Mobility CONCEPT, an ultra-compact electric vehicle. Nissan Motor Co.,

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 21, 2019

Lumotive, a Bill Gates-funded startup developing LiDAR systems for autonomous vehicles, introduced a beam-steering technology which will significantly improve the performance, reliability and cost of LiDAR systems for the emerging self-driving car industry. —Lumotive co-founder and CEO, Dr. William Colleran.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2022

This will include infrastructure development and vehicle fleets to accelerate the expansion of hydrogen mobility for both light- and heavy-duty vehicles. Initially the focus will be on buses, light commercial vehicles and cars, with a further aim to accelerate the heavy-duty truck segment.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 29, 2024

Under transport regulations, vehicles utilised for commercial purposesare required to be registered under the commercial vehicle category. They pointed out that the Goa Energy Development Agency (GEDA) recently floated a tender to procure 50 electric vehicles (EVs) for state use.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2020

Volkswagen has opened a North American center of excellence for autonomous vehicle research and development under a new subsidiary, Volkswagen Autonomy, Inc. The new center is part of a global subsidiary, Volkswagen Autonomy GmbH, that will work towards making self-driving vehicles a reality at global scale. Volkswagen Autonomy, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2021

For more than a year, the Mercedes-Benz eVito Tourer battery-electric van has demonstrated its suitability for daily operations—be that as a hotel shuttle vehicle, a high-capacity taxi or a vehicle for on-demand mobility concepts in public transport. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2022

Over a three-year period, a small fleet of fully electric Volvo XC40 Recharge cars will be used as taxis by Cabonline, the largest taxi operator in the Nordic region, and charged wirelessly at stations in Gothenburg, Sweden. The charging station sends energy through the charging pad, which is picked up by a receiver unit in the car.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2011

Nissan NV200 NYC Taxi. The New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) has selected the Nissan NV200 as the exclusive taxi of New York City for a decade, beginning in late 2013. and Karsan, a Turkish vehicle manufacturer. Taxi of Tomorrow. Click to enlarge. The other two finalists included Ford Motor Co.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

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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Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2018

At the Movin’On 2018 mobility summit in Montreal, hydrogen fuel-cell company Symbio intoduced a 40-kW fuel cell system—H2Motiv L—targeting range-extending conversion applications for heavy-duty electric vehicles. Similar use to that of a conventional vehicle due to the power (40 kW). The kit utilizes the vehicle’s CAN bus.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 28, 2023

Commercial EHang Flights Now Approved in China! Cynthia just reported yesterday on a couple of eVTOL (electric vertical takeoff and landing) aircraft milestones. We’ve got two more to report on as well — one in China and one in the USA. I’ll start with the story from China. An EHang eVTOL aircraft, the EH216-S, has […]

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Electric Vehicles India

JANUARY 24, 2023

Ola enters into strategic partnership with DBest Cars India, India’s leading commercial used car trading start-up According to Dbest, it aims to streamline India’s sprawling used car sector. All rental companies or taxi companies must decommission existing vehicles and replace them with new modern vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

But according to a new report from CoBank, another major challenge that is often overlooked is the monumental impact these vehicles will have on the data center market. Widespread adoption of self-driving EVs faces several significant barriers including social acceptance, safety and regulatory restrictions.

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Teslarati

APRIL 24, 2023

Tesla received a large order for Model 3s from an Emirati taxi company, Arabia Taxi Dubai, helping the company to cut its carbon footprint. Still, the automaker has also grown in popularity in the commercial space, especially from customers looking to cut operating costs while reducing their carbon footprints.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2022

The German Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMDV) is investing a further €20 million in the procurement of vehicles for fleets and the development of charging infrastructure as part of its electromobility funding guideline. By using renewable energies, these vehicles with their high mileage achieve significant CO 2 savings.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2019

Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Motors Corporation have invested in Aurora to accelerate development of autonomous vehicle technologies. With the new investment, the companies have agreed to expand research to a wide range of models and to build an optimal platform for Hyundai and Kia’s autonomous vehicles. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2013

The agreement marks the selection of EGTS International’s Electric Green Taxiing System to be evaluated as a new option on the A320 Family—referred to by Airbus as eTaxi. Taxiing-related carbon and nitrous oxide emissions would be cut by more than half. Aviation Fuel Efficiency Vehicle Systems' Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2020

With the market launch of the eVito and the eSprinter in 2019, Mercedes-Benz Vans has sent a clear signal of locally emission-free commercial freight transport in urban areas. The energy is stored in a lithium-ion battery in the underbody of the vehicle. The price of the eVito Tourer starts in Germany at €53,990 (US$62,500) (excl.

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