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Cleveland City Planners Change Policies to Create 15-Minute City

The Truth About Cars

Cleveland, Ohio, has approved new zoning and transportation policies that are angling to transform it into the next “fifteen-minute city,” The City Planning Commission voted to move forward with changes to building codes in several pilot neighborhoods it wants to make more pedestrian friendly.

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

Clean Fleet Report

Some auto companies have incorporated car sharing elements into their new business enterprises. Some small players were gobbled up by bigger companies. New ideas like Tesloop keep popping up. The success of one-way car sharing services is prompting more companies to consider offering this service model.

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How to make heavy-duty electric trucks work in practice

Charged EVs

Today, battery-electric Class 8 tractors still have a higher lifetime cost, due entirely to the initial purchase price of a heavy-duty vehicle with a huge battery (264 kWh for the first-generation VNR Electric). The company expects to sell hundreds of them, which will provide more real-world experience in a broader array of use cases.

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NYU Researchers Pave the Way for Future Shared Mobility

Cars That Think

Since that time, the C2SMART Center at NYU has worked with shared mobility companies including, BMW ReachNow (now ShareNow), Lime and Via, and collaborated with automakers such as Ford Motor Company on some of its research. Chow and his team collaborated with BMW ReachNow on this work, prior to the company merging with Car2Go.

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