Emissions, Fleet and Taxi

ZEFER and H2ME deliver 100 hydrogen taxis to Copenhagen

Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2022

Two pan-European projects—the ZEFER (Zero Emission taxi Fleets for European Rollout) and H2ME2 (Hydrogen Mobility Europe) projects, both funded by Europe’s Clean Hydrogen Partnership—have deployed 100 hydrogen taxis in Copenhagen with app-based taxi company DRIVR.

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Taxi Hydrogen London Fleet

Should Taxi Fleets Be Electric Now?

CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 23, 2021

It was late last year when a NYC taxi fleet operator bought its first Tesla Model 3 yellow cab. The EV experiment was well-received by both the taxi drivers and their passengers. Since then, the taxi company, Drive Sally, has added four more Model 3s to the fleet. […].

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Taxi Fleet Tesla Electric

Universal Hydrogen completes first taxi tests; granted experimental airworthiness certificate by FAA; Air New Zealand agreement

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The company also released video footage of successful first taxi tests of the aircraft, designed to evaluate ground handling qualities and the performance of the fuel-cell electric powertrain at low power settings and airspeeds. The Dash 8-300 flying testbed has a megawatt-class hydrogen fuel cell powertrain installed in one of its nacelles.

New Zealand

New Zealand Universal Grant Taxi

SoCalGas adding 50 Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel cell EVs to fleet

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2022

The company plans to expand its fleet of HFCEVs to 50 next month, making SoCalGas among the first utilities in the nation to start transitioning to hydrogen. View footage of the Toyota Mirai HFCEVs [link] Each vehicle in our light duty over-the-road fleet is driven an average of 10,000 miles per year.

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Fleet Hydrogen Toyota Fuel

Study finds NYC Clean Air Taxi rules successful in cutting pollution

Green Car Congress

MAY 30, 2019

New York City Clean Air Taxi rules are successful in cutting emissions and reducing air pollution, [link] to a new study by researchers at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and Drexel University. The scientists report that overall fuel efficiency of the medallion taxi fleet climbed from 15.7

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Taxi Pollution Clean Cleaning

Berkeley study finds self-driving electric taxi fleets in Manhattan would deliver significant cost and environmental benefits

Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2018

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and UC Berkeley have analyzed the cost, energy, and environmental implications of a fleet of self-driving electric vehicles operating in Manhattan. Required fleet size by battery range and charging network. Credit: ACS, Bauer et al.

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Taxi Fleet New York City Miles

Mayor of London: all new London taxis will need to be zero-emission capable from 2018

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2014

The Mayor confirmed his plan at Transport for London’s (TfL’s) “New Taxis for London” event, at which he met five manufacturers developing zero emission capable taxis—Frazer-Nash, Nissan, Karsan, London Taxi Company and Mercedes-Benz. —Mayor of London, Boris Johnson. —Mayor of London, Boris Johnson.

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London Taxi 2018 Frazer-Nash

LEVC’s electric TX now makes up half of London’s black cab fleet

Electric Cars Report

DECEMBER 6, 2023

More than half of London’s entire black cab fleet is now zero-emission capable thanks to LEVC’s class-leading electric taxi, as the TX continues to play a vital role in clean green, and accessible urban mobility.

Fleet

Fleet Taxi Electric Electrical

Air Liquide, Idex, STEP, Toyota create HysetCo to promote development of hydrogen mobility in Paris region; 600 Hype H2 taxis by the end of 2020

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Air Liquide, Idex, Société du Taxi Électrique Parisien (STEP), and Toyota are teaming up through a joint-venture called HysetCo, the first company devoted to the development of hydrogen mobility in the Paris region. Toyota will deliver an additional 500 Mirais by the end of 2020, which will complete the existing fleet of 100 Hype vehicles.

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Taxi Hydrogen 2020 Toyota

BMDV providing €20M to support fleet electrification and infrastructure

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2022

The German Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMDV) is investing a further €20 million in the procurement of vehicles for fleets and the development of charging infrastructure as part of its electromobility funding guideline. In order to reduce emissions in traffic in a sustainable and permanent way, we need electromobility.

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Fleet Taxi Commercial Germany

Study suggests high-mileage light-duty fleets contribute higher emissions and emissions share than expected

Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2016

A study by researchers from the University of Denver and the University of Puget Sound indicates that high-mileage light-duty fleets contribute higher emissions and emissions share than expected based on their actual numbers in the fleet.

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Emissions Fleet Light Taxi

New analysis suggests Uber adding significantly to pollution and traffic in European cities

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2019

Evolution of taxi drivers, PHV drivers (England), and Uber drivers (London) compared to taxi and PHV CO 2 emissions (UK). Source: “Europe’s giant ‘taxi’ company: is Uber part of the problem or the solution?”. This has made Uber one of the biggest taxi services in Europe, with 3.6 million users in France in 2017.

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Pollution Taxi London San Francisco

CARB: ridesharing vehicle fleet CO2/PMT in 2018 approximately 50% higher than the statewide passenger vehicle fleet average

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2019

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has released the 2018 Base-year Emissions Inventory Report , as required by Senate Bill 1014 (SB 1014, California Clean Miles Standard). The analysis indicates that the industry-wide TNC fleet has a 7% lower passenger occupancy than the California statewide passenger vehicle fleet.

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Fleet 2018 Vehicles CO2

Dutch fleet operator orders 80 Mercedes-Benz eVito Tourer vans

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Wensink Automotive, fleet operator Willemsen-de Koning and Mercedes-Benz Vans have signed a contract for the delivery of 80 eVito Tourer vans (electricity consumption combined: 24.2 – 20.2 kWh/100 km; CO 2 -emissions combined: 0 g/km) vehicles. The fully electric fleet is used for group transports in Utrecht and Rotterdam.

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Fleet Mercedes Taxi Netherlands

Florence taxi drivers choose Nissan LEAF

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2017

Last year, the municipality of Florence, Italy called a tender notice that involved 70 new electric taxi licenses, all of which have now been allocated. Nissan LEAF is now the most popular EV taxi in Florence after 67 taxi owners decided to buy a Nissan LEAF ENEL EDITION.

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Taxi Nissan Spain Italy

ADEME selects two Air Liquide hydrogen mobility projects for funding

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Hype is developing the world’s first fleet of hydrogen-powered taxis. The “2020 HYPE 600” project aims to reach the 600-taxi mark by the end of 2020. Toyota will deliver 500 additional Mirai, which will supplement the existing fleet. ADEME selected a total of 10 initiatives.

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Hydrogen Taxi Climate Change 2020

New York City pushes Uber & Lyft fleets to be zero-emissions by 2030

Teslarati

JANUARY 26, 2023

New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced that Uber and Lyft will be required to have a zero-emissions fleet by 2030 during his State of the City speech on Thursday. The fleets will be regulated through the city’s Taxi and Limousine Commission, according to The Verge. Follow us for interactive news & more.

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New York City New York Fleet Emissions

“Big data” analysis of Beijing taxi fleet suggests maximum electrification subsidy benefit from targeting medium-range plug-in hybrids

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2013

A pair of researchers at the University of Michigan have used “big data” mining techniques to evaluate the impact of adopting plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) in the Beijing taxi fleet on life cycle greenhouse gas emissions based on the characterized individual travel patterns. one-driver taxi versus two-driver taxi).

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Taxi Plug-in Fleet PHEV

UK-based EV-tire-maker ENSO in talks to supply multiple global OEMS

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

London-based EV tire manufacturer ENSO said it is in discussions with multiple international car makers and has begun trials with major fleet operators. Multiple EV manufacturers have expressed interest in fitting ENSO’s range-extending, emissions-reducing tires.

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London Taxi Supplies Global

Stellantis joins Forvia and Michelin as equal shareholder in hydrogen company Symbio

Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2023

purchase in Symbio, a leader in zero-emission hydrogen mobility. Earlier this month, Symbio announced a partnership with Hype, an independent pure player in hydrogen mobility, to support the quick deployment of the world’s first hydrogen taxis fleet (Crit’Air 0), suitable for the transportation of people with limited mobility.

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Hydrogen Taxi France Companies

Taxi Electric in Amsterdam first to adopt the Nissan e-NV200

Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2014

Taxi Electric, based in Amsterdam, will be the first private taxi company to add the new battery-electric Nissan e-NV200 taxi ( earlier post ) to its fleet. Taxi Electric operates a fleet of 25 Nissan LEAF vehicles and was the first private taxi service to switch to a fleet of 100% electric taxis in November 2011.

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Taxi Nissan Fleet Electrical

New Flyer supports San Francisco launch of emission-reducing Green Zones; geofencing for EV mode

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Green Zones support San Francisco’s approach to greenhouse gas reduction, taking advantage of the latest battery-electric technologies to convert the SFMTA’s (Muni’s) fleet of hybrid buses into part-time electric buses, as an intermediate step on the way to full electrification of the fleet by 2035.

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San Francisco Green Emissions Neighborhood

Renault, Jiangling JV introducing electric sedan and services for ride-hailing at IAA

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2021

Mobilize will unveil Limo, a 4.67m four-door fully-electric sedan, specifically designed for for taxi/private hire (PHV) drivers and fleet, at Munich IAA Mobility 2021. A fleet of 40 Mobilize Limo will be deployed to validate services set to be made available throughout Europe starting in the second half of 2022.

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Taxi Fleet Electric Electrical

Continental wins tire technology award with C.A.R.E tire concept for electric robotaxis

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2020

is a wheel/tire concept which, with its Cloud-based connectivity, offers fleet operators a particularly efficient means of mobility management. Fleets of autonomous electric taxis are a case in point, playing a key role in many concepts of the environmentally compatible mobility of the future. (Connected. Autonomous.

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Concept Taxi Connect Connected

Half of London’s iconic black cabs are now electric, and you can Uber one too

Electrek

DECEMBER 7, 2023

If you’re in London and looking to hail one of its legendary black taxis, there’s a good chance you’ll get an emissions-free ride. Half of London’s fleet of 15,000 black cabs are now electric vehicles.

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Taxi London Fleet Electric

€26M ZEFER project to introduce 180 fuel cell electric vehicles into fleets in Paris, Brussels and London

Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2018

The European ZEFER (Zero Emission Fleet vehicles for European Roll-out) project will deploy large fleets of 60 hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles in each of three European capitals (Paris, London and Brussels).

London

London Fleet Fuel Electric Vehicles

A First Ride On Revel’s Fully Electric Ride-Hailing Service In New York City

CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Electric ride-hailing service Revel is pushing our move into zero-emissions solutions as quickly as possible. On the people moving front, Revel has purchased 700 Teslas and converted them to taxis to drive around New York City by its employees.

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New York City New York Fully Electric Taxi

City of Hangzhou orders 2,000 BYD electric buses and 1,000 electric taxis

Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2014

The order for 2,000 long-range, battery-electric transit buses and 1,000 long-range, pure-electric cars was signed this week by the Mayor of Hangzhou, Hongming Zhang, and is one of the world’s largest all-electric fleets yet ordered. electric buses and taxis. Hangzhou is home to Alibaba, another high-tech Chinese company.

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Taxi BYD Electrical Electric

Nissan has more than 550 electric taxis on European roads

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

With more than 550 electric taxis on European roads, Nissan is now Europe’s best-selling manufacturer of 100% electric taxis. During 2015, more than 100 electric vehicles were delivered to taxi companies across Europe. Top five Nissan e-taxi countries in Europe by registrations. Green Lite Taxi Kft., Netherlands.

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Taxi Nissan Estonia Lithuania

Rio launches electric taxi program with Nissan LEAFs

Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2013

The city of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) is launching an electric taxi program, through a partnership between the Rio de Janeiro City Government, Nissan do Brasil Automóveis (NBA) and Petrobras Distribuidora. In the first phase, two Nissan LEAF taxis will be available in Rio. By the end of the year, 13 more units will be added to the fleet.

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Taxi Nissan Brazil Recharge

Volvo Cars testing Momentum Dynamics wireless charging in Gothenburg

Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2022

Over a three-year period, a small fleet of fully electric Volvo XC40 Recharge cars will be used as taxis by Cabonline, the largest taxi operator in the Nordic region, and charged wirelessly at stations in Gothenburg, Sweden.

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Volvo Charging Taxi Cars

US targeting net-zero aviation by 2050; heavy focus on SAF

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

At COP26 in Glasgow, US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced the US Aviation Climate Action Plan , published by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which sets out to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions from the US aviation sector by 2050. Analysis of future domestic and international aviation CO 2 emissions.

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Climate Taxi Emissions Grant

Hexagon Purus to deliver 45-foot hydrogen distribution systems to Everfuel

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

The systems will be used to transport hydrogen to refueling stations serving hydrogen fuel cell electric passenger car fleets (e.g. taxis), trucks and buses. Everfuel is making green hydrogen for zero emission mobility commercially available across Europe and will be the first to apply the newly designed hydrogen distribution units.

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Hydrogen Taxi IDEA Germany

Nanjing, China orders more than 1,000 BYD electric buses and taxis

Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2014

Nanjing, China and Nanjing Public Transportation Group ordered more than 1,000 fully electric transit buses and taxis from BYD Company Ltd. Nanjing Jiangnan Electric Taxi Ltd. The city will be taking delivery of more than 600 BYD K9 battery-electric Buses, 50 of which were delivered for the city’s Youth Olympic Games in August 2014.

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Taxi BYD China E6

Nissan launches LEAF “taxi” campaign in London

Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2012

A fleet of zero-emission Nissan LEAFs will be driving around London on the 23 rd and 24 th June, offering free taxi rides. Nissan is also using the activity to gather consumer feedback on a potential taxi of the future.

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Taxi London Nissan Gasoline-Electric

Thriev adding 20 BYD e6 electric cars to London fleet

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2014

Thriev , a company offering zero-emission, chauffeured cars to corporate and private users in London, is adding 20. BYD e6 electric cars to the fleet. Last month, the Mayor of London announced that from 1 January 2018, all new taxis would have to be zero-emission capable in order to gain an operating licence.

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E6 London BYD Fleet

California Taxi Fleet Operator Orders 25 CNG/LPG Engine Prep Packages for Transit Connect

Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2010

Santa Ana, California-based California Yellow Cab has ordered 25 units of the compressed natural gas (CNG) and propane (LPG) engine prep package for the Ford Transit Connect Taxi. The flexible interior of the Transit Connect is suited for both taxi service and conversion to CNG and LPG. Propane also burns cleaner than gasoline.

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Transit Connect Taxi Connect Connected

City of Bogota, Columbia launches electric taxi pilot; part of C40-CCI EV Network

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2012

The City of Bogota, Colombia, has launched a pilot project to spur the use of electric vehicles in Bogota’s center-city taxi fleet. The first taxis are expected to be operational in the city in the next few months. —Jay Carson, CEO, C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group. 677 to support the project over a three-year period.

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Taxi Parts i-MiEV Los Angeles

Nissan Taxi Of Tomorrow debuting on eve of New York International Auto Show

Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2012

The 2014 Nissan NV200 Taxi, New York’s Taxi of Tomorrow, will make its global debut tonight at a special event in SoHo with Nissan President and CEO Carlos Ghosn and New York City Mayor Michael R. The new taxi is powered by a proven 2.0L The new taxi is powered by a proven 2.0L Earlier post.).

New York

New York Taxi Nissan New York City

Revel COO explains how Tesla Model Y fleet can help familiarize commuters to EVs

Teslarati

AUGUST 3, 2021

Revel launched its 100% electric all-Tesla car fleet recently. Exactly 50 Tesla Model Y cars make up Revel’s debut all-electric rideshare fleet. That's the sound of our all $TSLA , all-employee driven rideshare service emitting little noise and zero emissions in #NYC. 3… 2… 1… Ready for takeoff.

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Fleet Tesla Re-Charge Taxi

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

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

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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Fleet Climate Change United Kingdom Taxi

easyJet to trial electric taxi system in aircraft; H2 fuel cells, batteries and wheel motors

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

European carrier easyJet plans to test an electric taxi system later this year that utilizes a hydrogen fuel cell stowed in the hold, batteries charged by regenerative braking, and electric wheel motors. The energy can then be used by the aircraft when taxiing without needing to use the jet engines. grams CO 2 per passenger kilometer.

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Taxi Motors Motoring Motor

Bogotá orders 379 electric buses from BYD

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

BYD will provide the Colombian capital of Bogotá with a fleet of 379 pure electric buses, in a deal awarded by the capital’s TransMilenio SA mass transport authority. This fleet will begin operations in September 2020, giving Bogotá the largest electric bus fleet on the continent and one of the largest in the world.

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BYD Ecuador Uruguay Chile

12 natural gas Ford Transit Taxis to enter service in Chicago

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2011

Taxi Medallion Management in Chicago has purchased 12 Ford Transit Connect Taxis running on compressed natural gas (CNG) for its fleet. The purchase is part of the company’s goal of reducing emissions by 25%, said Michael Levine, CEO of Taxi Medallion Management. The taxis have a 39-foot turning radius.

Taxi

Taxi Chicago Transit Connect Ford

ZEFER and H2ME deliver 100 hydrogen taxis to Copenhagen

Should Taxi Fleets Be Electric Now?

Universal Hydrogen completes first taxi tests; granted experimental airworthiness certificate by FAA; Air New Zealand agreement

SoCalGas adding 50 Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel cell EVs to fleet

Study finds NYC Clean Air Taxi rules successful in cutting pollution

Berkeley study finds self-driving electric taxi fleets in Manhattan would deliver significant cost and environmental benefits

Mayor of London: all new London taxis will need to be zero-emission capable from 2018

LEVC’s electric TX now makes up half of London’s black cab fleet

Air Liquide, Idex, STEP, Toyota create HysetCo to promote development of hydrogen mobility in Paris region; 600 Hype H2 taxis by the end of 2020

BMDV providing €20M to support fleet electrification and infrastructure

Study suggests high-mileage light-duty fleets contribute higher emissions and emissions share than expected

New analysis suggests Uber adding significantly to pollution and traffic in European cities

CARB: ridesharing vehicle fleet CO2/PMT in 2018 approximately 50% higher than the statewide passenger vehicle fleet average

Dutch fleet operator orders 80 Mercedes-Benz eVito Tourer vans

Florence taxi drivers choose Nissan LEAF

ADEME selects two Air Liquide hydrogen mobility projects for funding

New York City pushes Uber & Lyft fleets to be zero-emissions by 2030

“Big data” analysis of Beijing taxi fleet suggests maximum electrification subsidy benefit from targeting medium-range plug-in hybrids

UK-based EV-tire-maker ENSO in talks to supply multiple global OEMS

Stellantis joins Forvia and Michelin as equal shareholder in hydrogen company Symbio

Taxi Electric in Amsterdam first to adopt the Nissan e-NV200

New Flyer supports San Francisco launch of emission-reducing Green Zones; geofencing for EV mode

Renault, Jiangling JV introducing electric sedan and services for ride-hailing at IAA

Continental wins tire technology award with C.A.R.E tire concept for electric robotaxis

Half of London’s iconic black cabs are now electric, and you can Uber one too

€26M ZEFER project to introduce 180 fuel cell electric vehicles into fleets in Paris, Brussels and London

A First Ride On Revel’s Fully Electric Ride-Hailing Service In New York City

City of Hangzhou orders 2,000 BYD electric buses and 1,000 electric taxis

Nissan has more than 550 electric taxis on European roads

Rio launches electric taxi program with Nissan LEAFs

Volvo Cars testing Momentum Dynamics wireless charging in Gothenburg

US targeting net-zero aviation by 2050; heavy focus on SAF

Hexagon Purus to deliver 45-foot hydrogen distribution systems to Everfuel

Nanjing, China orders more than 1,000 BYD electric buses and taxis

Nissan launches LEAF “taxi” campaign in London

Thriev adding 20 BYD e6 electric cars to London fleet

California Taxi Fleet Operator Orders 25 CNG/LPG Engine Prep Packages for Transit Connect

City of Bogota, Columbia launches electric taxi pilot; part of C40-CCI EV Network

Nissan Taxi Of Tomorrow debuting on eve of New York International Auto Show

Revel COO explains how Tesla Model Y fleet can help familiarize commuters to EVs

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

easyJet to trial electric taxi system in aircraft; H2 fuel cells, batteries and wheel motors

Bogotá orders 379 electric buses from BYD

12 natural gas Ford Transit Taxis to enter service in Chicago

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