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Revel opens up first EV fast-charging station in Queens with BP Richards

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Revel has opened up its first electric vehicle fast-charging station in Queens with BP Richards, it announced, adding 14 plugs capable of providing up to 100 miles of range in just 10 minutes to its city-wide charger infrastructure. The new LIC Superhub is located in the accessory garage of the JACX, a 1.2

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Tesla Model Y taxi fleet from Revel set for NYC launch after regulatory mix up

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Revel, a New York City-based ridesharing company, will launch its fleet of Tesla Model Y taxis in the Big Apple in early August after a mix-up with NYC’s regulatory agency, the Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC). The company will also open a Superhub in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn with 25 Level 3 chargers.

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Cleveland City Planners Change Policies to Create 15-Minute City

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This could be as simple as a company offering employees a transit pass or as complicated as a corporation helping to refurbish bus stations. legislators to re-imagine preexisting vehicle safety standards to better accommodate self-driving vehicles , ensuring they would be placed on public roads as quickly as possible.

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NYC Goes EV

Revenge of the Electric Car

Will Electric Cars Give New York a Charge? Will Electric Cars Give New York a Charge? Imagine it is 2013 in New York City. But do electric cars make sense in New York City, where streets are snarled with traffic and many people park on the streets rather than in their own driveways?

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The Scandalous History of the Last Rotor Cipher Machine

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Growing up in New York City, I always wanted to be a spy. Some years later, I had the good fortune of visiting the huge headquarters of the cipher machine company Crypto AG (CAG), in Steinhausen, Switzerland, and befriending a high-level cryptographer there. intelligence and the Swiss company. defense contractor.