Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2011

New York City is adding 70 electric vehicles to its fleet: 50 new Chevrolet Volts, 10 fully electric Ford Transit Connect cargo vans, and 10 new fully electric Navistar E-star utility trucks. The Administration is also working towards the use of electric vehicles in the City’s fleet of more than 13,000 yellow taxis.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2017

A new modeling study by a team from MIT CSAIL (Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory) and Cornell suggests that using ride-sharing from companies like Uber and Lyft theoretically could reduce the number of taxis on the road in New York City by 75% without significantly impacting travel time.

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Teslarati

JULY 31, 2023

The DASH program is also expected to connect over 20 different hubs in the downtown area. Karen Kress, Senior Director of Transportation & Planning for the Tampa Downtown Partnership, shared a comment about the matter. The post Tesla Model Y fleet to be used in Tampa’s DASH ride-sharing program appeared first on TESLARATI.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2019

Researchers from the University of Kentucky and the San Francisco County Transportation Authority have determined that, contrary to the concept and vision, transportation network companies such as Uber and Lyft are the biggest contributor to growing traffic congestion in San Francisco. Erhardt et al.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2016

The Singapore Land Transport Authority (LTA) has selected Delphi Automotive PLC as a strategic partner to implement autonomous mobility concepts. AVs provide the opportunity to facilitate efficient urban and suburban vehicle sharing, autonomous bus or taxi services, logistics and long-distance truck platooning.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

For this purpose, the Group is equipping MAN buses of the public transport provider Carris with a traffic management system developed in-house. The objective is to offer as many people as possible tailor-made transport possibilities and to ensure optimum utilization of the bus fleet. Volkswagen and quantum computing.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

The research suggests that driverless vehicles will have a disruptive impact on transportation around the world and will ultimately lead to millions of professional drivers being made redundant. Juniper predicts that city-based taxi services will be one of the key early adopters of driverless vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2017

A new report from the Automotive Connected Mobility (ACM) service at Strategy Analytics has found that ridesharing usage may not negatively impact the future vehicle purchase intention of current vehicle owners. Frequent ridesharing users that also own their own vehicle had greater transportation needs than those that don’t.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

BUZZ CARGO, ABT e-Transporter, ABT e-Caddy, the Cargo e-Bike and the Crafter HyMotion which is equipped with a hydrogen fuel cell drive system. If the transporter covers fairly normal distances in the city on a daily and weekly basis, a lithium-ion battery with an energy capacity of 48 kWh is recommended. ABT e-Transporter.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 13, 2015

Volvo Cars, the Swedish Transport Administration and the Norwegian Public Roads Administration are collaborating on a development and demonstration project to enable cars to share information through a cloud-based network about conditions that relate to road friction (such as icy patches). Connected vehicles Safety' Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Combining human and artificial intelligence in autonomous vehicles could push driverless cars more quickly toward wide-scale adoption, according to researchers at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI). It utilizes connected vehicle technology and a remotely located control center. —Lundgard et al.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 24, 2017

The ability to be transported safely and quickly through a city in a self-piloted aircraft is no longer science fiction. Advances in propulsion, battery performance, air traffic management, autonomy and connectivity mean that this mode of transportation is capable of benefiting millions of people in years, not decades.

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Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 31, 2023

We’ve Entered the Age of Shared Mobility This article may contain affiliate links Car sharing has changed dramatically since C lean Fleet Report first reported on it almost two decades ago. Where it used to be Hertz or Avis–or a taxi–the choices now are much more complex.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2016

US Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced that Columbus, OH has been selected as the winner of the US Department of Transportation’s Smart City Challenge. The city proposed to deploy three electric self-driving shuttles to link a new bus rapid transit center to a retail district, connecting more residents to jobs.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Ricardo has won a national competition to demonstrate the benefits that transport location data can have on urban air quality. The project addresses both the existing vehicle fleet and also extends to long-term improvements in air quality. The award of funding was made by the Geospatial Commission in partnership with Innovate UK.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2010

Awards include (ranked by amount): PHL Taxi Management LLC —$900,000 – to purchase and deploy 50 new CNG taxis in Philadelphia that comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act, and to build a publicly accessible CNG fueling station in the city. The company intends to use natural gas in its fleet of trash and recycle trucks.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2018

The plan also includes investments for charging stations to support ZEV bus fleets and ride hail services, as well as residential and autonomous vehicle charging. Electrify America also will invest in DCFC stations specifically targeting shared mobility drivers: car share, taxis, and transportation networking company (TNC) drivers.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Ford Smart Mobility is the company’s plan to take connectivity, mobility, autonomous vehicles, the customer experience, and data and analytics to the next level. The program is expected to expand to more shuttle vehicles in Dearborn—potentially increasing ridership as Ford tests the performance of the software and gathers fleet data.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2009

Selected projects, by size of award, are: State of Wisconsin’s Wisconsin Clean Transportation Program. The project will deploy 502 alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicles through 119 public and private fleets throughout the state. Clean Energy Coalition’s CEC Michigan Green Fleets Initiative.

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Electric Auto Association

APRIL 5, 2022

Local DCFC: Factors affecting the equity of EV charging DC Fast Charging is needed in support of transportation services users (taxis, Uber, Lyft, etc…) and for local fleets used by multi-unit dwelling residents, intercity travelers, and local individual EV owners. not internet-connected) and networked (internet-connected).

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Drive Electric

MARCH 29, 2022

By combining flexibility and experience with industry-leading technology, Fleet Partners offers innovative, cost-effective, tailored solutions designed to meet the needs of every business. Businesses big and small will play a vital role in reducing New Zealand’s carbon emissions through the transition to more sustainable transport.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2015

In late April 2015, Geely Auto deployed a first-of-its-kind fleet of 150 methanol-fueled taxis in the southern Chinese city of Guiyang in cooperation with the municipal government. CSI says this is the world’s first production of a liquid renewable transport fuel from non-biological sources of energy.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

The electric Transit Connect. Ford Motor Company is unveiling the all-electric version of the Ford Transit Connect at the Chicago Auto Show; the small electric van will be in fleet operators’ hands later this year, according to the company. Electric Transit Connect. Ford Transit Connect Taxi. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

Singapore-based TUM CREATE unveiled an electric taxi prototype designed for tropical megacities, codenamed EVA, at the Tokyo Motor Show. EVA was designed from the ground-up as an e-taxi and is a result of interdisciplinary research in the areas of energy storage, battery charging, thermal management, and lightweight materials and design.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2016

PHEVLERs [ 3 ] are a disruptive technology that will help revolutionize both the clean transportation and the clean stationary energy sectors of our economy. Connect with Dr. Frank on social media: https://www.facebook.com/andyfrankatedi [link]. Dr. Frank is also CTO and co-founder of Efficient Drivetrains Inc.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2017

There are several factors that will determine how many managers are necessary: for example, how busy the zone is, and what service the vehicle is providing, whether it's for robo-taxis, robo-shuttle, or a robo-delivery vehicle. SAM permits autonomous vehicles to seamlessly integrate into existing transportation infrastructure and society.

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 16, 2024

New BMW owners will be offered a growing list of music, gaming and news accessed through Bluetooth-enabled wireless gaming controllers that are connected to the infotainment system. The platforms can be mounted with a pickup or van body, and even a passenger design for a taxi. The PV5 should be the first to be released.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

billion) in total to develop and more closely intermesh their offerings for car-sharing, ride-hailing, parking, charging and multimodal transport. The cooperation comprises five joint ventures: REACH NOW for multimodal services; CHARGE NOW for charging; FREE NOW for taxi ride-hailing; PARK NOW for parking; and SHARE NOW for car-sharing.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 8, 2024

With EVs intended for work and fleet uses, it’s planning to launch an entire new dedicated PBV business that will oversee the products, software integration, and global partnerships. That will include global conversion (upfit) partners. Software is a big piece of the PBV rollout, too.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Funded by the Fuel Cells & Hydrogen Joint Undertaking, the HyTEC project (Hydrogen Transport for European Cities), which is part funded by the Fuel Cells & Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU), will also see the installation of an Air Products hydrogen fueling station in London.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

It features a new 190 kW hydrogen fuel cell system with two fuel cell systems connected in parallel, also a feature of NEXO. The supply of a fleet of fuel-cell electric trucks to H2 Energy marks Hyundai Motor’s first expansion of its FCEV leadership into the eco-friendly commercial vehicle sector.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2013

Combining programs such as car2go and moovel into one company enables us to offer customers attractive and connected mobility services from a single source. Commercial fleets. DMS wants to expand the car2go concept for fully automated rentals to include the commercial fleet management sector, said Henrich.

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Charged EVs

AUGUST 17, 2022

Wireless charging is nothing new— Charged has covered wireless EV charging since at least 2011—but it may be that its true value is only coming into focus now, as more and more commercial and transit fleets are electrifying. We could take an Oslo taxi and charge it in a bus terminal in Wenatchee, Washington or vice versa.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 8, 2024

Enhanced data connectivity between vehicles and external data such as route or delivery information will enable convenient operation of multiple vehicles as a software-defined fleet. This emergence of customized business fleets and PBV-specific solutions means less downtime and enhanced cost-effectiveness.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2013

will receive $2,999,172 to install two hydrogen fueling stations and to automate two trailer loading operations for transporting hydrogen for fueling from a production facility in Southern California. This effort builds on a productive partnership of public agencies to make progress in attaining a clean, sustainable transportation sector.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

If PHEVs became the major form of transportation, the use of fossil fuels would be cut dramatically. This is especially true in air, sea, and some ground transportation as well as in industrial processes. Since it can refuel from a standard household outlet and from a gasoline station, it needs no new infrastructure.

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