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Toyota, JapanTaxi, KDDI and Accenture to pilot AI-based taxi dispatch support system

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jointly with KDDI Corporation and Accenture, have developed a taxi dispatch support system that predicts demand for taxi services, combining data from taxi service logs with predictions of demographics made by location-based big data from smartphones as well as event information. Toyota Motor Corporation and JapanTaxi Co.,

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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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Airbus signs MoU with EGTS for electric taxiing solution for A320 family; projected fuel saving up to 4% per trip

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The agreement marks the selection of EGTS International’s Electric Green Taxiing System to be evaluated as a new option on the A320 Family—referred to by Airbus as eTaxi. Taxiing-related carbon and nitrous oxide emissions would be cut by more than half. Earlier post.).

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

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Launched in April 2018, DiDi Mexico offers its range of ride-hailing, taxi-hailing and food delivery services across 32 cities, covering 50% of the nation’s population. In 2019, the number of trips people have taken with DiDi grow by nearly three and a half times. —Juan Andrés Panamá, Head of Operations of DiDi Mexico.

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3 Challenges to Solve Before We Can Commute by Air Taxi

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Faculty from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of North Texas are developing flight-modeling and simulation strategies to assess the impact of structural failures on the flight performance. Similarly, engineers from Bell Textron are studying how a human pilot could team with an autopilot in an emergency.

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Wisk unveils autonomous four-seat eVTOL air taxi; Generation 6

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Wisk Aero, an Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) company, revealed the first self-flying, all-electric, four-passenger vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxi. Wisk’s 6 th Generation aircraft leverages key learnings and insights from its previous five generations of eVTOL aircraft to deliver a new level of performance.

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WiTricity extends recent funding for a total of $52M

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The company envisions a not-too-distant future when dynamic charging will support moving vehicles (from taxi queues to roadways), and autonomous vehicles and robots will charge without human intervention. WiTricity’s technology enables a hands-free and efficient charging experience for EV drivers. —Alex Gruzen, WiTricity CEO.