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Curb and Uber partner to make taxis available to Uber app users

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Curb, a ride-hailing app for licensed taxi and for-hire rides in North America, announced the execution of a strategic partnership agreement with Uber that will enable Curb-connected drivers to receive trip requests from Uber users.

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New York City Taxi and Limo Commissions selects Nissan NV200 as Taxi of Tomorrow; fully-electric version possible starting in 2017

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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. Taxi of Tomorrow. Click to enlarge. The other two finalists included Ford Motor Co.

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LPG Ford Transit Connect Taxis going into service in Hong Kong

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Ford Motor Company has added Hong Kong to the list of global cities served by its Transit Connect Taxi, among them New York City, Chicago, Miami and Los Angeles. The Transit Connect Taxi Ford unveiled in Hong Kong comes equipped with a Ford-engineered, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) fuel system.

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Electrify America releases $300M Cycle 2 national ZEV investment plan; metro charging, autonomous charging, renewable generation

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Electrify America also will continue to invest in these Cycle 1 metros: Boston, Chicago, Denver, Miami, New York City, Philadelphia, Portland, Seattle and Washington, DC. Bridgeport (CT) for the New York City market.

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New analytic framework quantifies benefits of taxi ride-sharing: cut in cumulative trip length by 40% or more

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Researchers at MIT, Cornell University, and the Italian National Research Council’s Institute for Informatics and Telematics have devised a framework—the “shareability network”—to enable the systematic analysis of the tradeoff between collective benefits of sharing taxi services and individual passenger discomfort.

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How ridesharing can help solve the challenge of urban EV ownership

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This enables more efficiency in terms of grid connections and capital investment. New York-based Revel is riding two timely trends. Meanwhile, millions of drivers in dense cities like New York live in locations where, unlike suburban drivers, they don’t have the possibility of installing chargers at their homes.

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NYU Researchers Pave the Way for Future Shared Mobility

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Chow has focused some his recent research on developing the infrastructure for charging electric vehicles throughout New York City. This new feature allows for the designing of different mixes of charger types and sizing of the charging stations. NYU Tandon.

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