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Anand Mahindra unveils India’s first electric flying taxi prototype, praises IIT Madras’ innovation – ET Auto

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IIT Madras’ Contribution to Innovation The ePlane Company, founded in 2017 at IIT Madras by aerospace engineering professor Satya Chakravarthy and his student Pranjal Mehta, aims to revolutionize urban transportation. ” He later mentioned that, when completely charged, its range is up to 200 kilometres. “It

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DiDi to introduce first shared EV fleet to Mexico; 700+ EVs and hybrids to start

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Didi Chuxing (DiDi), the world’s leading mobile transportation platform, will launch Latin America’s first shared electric vehicle (EV) fleet through its app in Mexico, as the company further invests in sustainable transportation innovations in the region. —Juan Andrés Panamá, Head of Operations of DiDi Mexico.

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The Kiwi business journey to Carbon Zero

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This 5-step guide contains insights from FleetPartners for fleet managers and business owners looking to transition from internal combustion engine vehicles to hybrid and electric alternatives, whether you have 1, 20 or 500 vehicles. BEVs currently have a more expensive purchase price than internal combustion engine equivalents.

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The Long View from SAE 2009 World Congress

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the session counted among its panelists: Professor John Heywood, Sun Jae Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Sloan Auto Laboratory at MIT. Examples of advanced powertrains are turbo charged gas engines, diesel and hybrid. The PRT as an automated taxi that is 4m long by 1.4m CAFE (L/100km) (cars / trucks).

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Drive Electric Submission on the Emissions Reduction Plan Discussion Document

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Our submission and inputs relate specifically to accelerating the uptake of e-mobility, but we recognise that decarbonising transport is much wider than that. E-mobility is an important component to a zero emissions transport system, but is still just a component. . The average fleet holds those vehicles for three to five years.