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Tesla joins Uber’s fleet in Japan’s taxi market

Teslarati

Tesla Model Y units are joining Uber’s premium fleet in Japan’s taxi market. Uber will operate as a hired taxi service to comply with Japan’s laws. The ride-sharing service has teamed up with local taxi company Hinomaru Kotsu. The Teslarati team would appreciate hearing from you.

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Ample and ENEOS are bringing the first-ever EV battery swap stations to Japan

Baua Electric

EV battery swap specialist Ample has announced it is bringing the first-ever modular swap stations to Japan with the help of partner ENEOS. The first Japanese swap stations will be erected in Kyoto and used by several local fleets. Now, Ample is taking its technology international, introducing its battery swap stations to Japan.

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Tesla Model Y to be deployed as Uber Premium fleet in Tokyo’s 23 wards

Teslarati

As per recent reports, Uber Japan and Hinomaru Kotsu have announced that are deploying 100 Tesla Model Y crossovers to Uber Premium’s service by the end of 2024. Under the companies’ plan, the Model Y units will be part of Uber Premium’s exclusive fleet. These installations are expected to start in November.

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8 countries commit to increase the share of EVs in their government fleets

Green Car Congress

At the Marrakech Climate Change Conference (COP22), eight nations—Canada, China, France, Japan, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the US— signed a Government Fleet Declaration , pledging to increase the share of electric vehicles in their government fleets and calling for other governments to join them.

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Ample closes $160M Series C to scale battery-swapping

Green Car Congress

This brings Ample’s total funding raised to $230 million. Using a combination of computer vision and secure wireless communication with the vehicle, the Ample station can identify the exact location of each battery module to be swapped.

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Better Place to Conduct Pilot Project in Tokyo for Electric Taxis with Switchable Batteries; Research Partnership with University of Melbourne

Green Car Congress

Better Place has received an award from the Japanese government to conduct a pilot project in Tokyo for the world’s first electric taxis with switchable batteries. The project, which follows on the company’s successful battery switch demonstration earlier this year in Yokohama ( earlier post ), is slated to begin in January 2010.

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China is testing more driverless cars than any other country – ET Auto

Baua Electric

A fleet of 500 taxis navigated by computers, often with no safety drivers in them for backup, buzz around. The company that operates them, tech giant Baidu, said last month that it would add another 1,000 of the so-called robot taxis in Wuhan. The government is providing the companies significant help.

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