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Following the Money in the Air-Taxi Craze

Cars That Think

During rush hour, the skies over a large city, such as Dubai or Madrid or Los Angeles, would swarm with hundreds, and eventually thousands, of eVTOL “air taxis.” Laurie Garrow, Georgia Tech And somehow, the cost would be no greater, either. Garrow , a professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology, agrees.

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Virginia Clean Cities reaches 1,000 vehicle conversions to propane

Green Car Congress

Program fleets significantly save on fuel costs and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by running vehicles on American-made propane autogas. the city of Vestavia Hills, Lee County and Lewis Pest Control in Alabama.

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Top 15 Nissan LEAF markets in US in 2013

Green Car Congress

Georgia has a tax credit worth up to $5,000 for zero-emissions vehicles. High-visibility projects such as the LEAF taxi pilot have helped to raise consumer awareness. In Atlanta, Nissan workplace outreach has resulted in more than 100 LEAF sales to Southern Company employees. Electric (Battery) Sales'

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