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

Green Car Congress

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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Hyundai signs MOU with South Korean government and industry partners to demo EV battery leasing business

Green Car Congress

Hyundai Motor signed the MOU with South Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy as well as Hyundai Glovis, LG Energy Solution and KST Mobility for the rental of electric taxi batteries and the sustainable reuse of EV batteries in energy storage systems (ESS). KST Mobility then pays a monthly fee for battery usage.

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3 Challenges to Solve Before We Can Commute by Air Taxi

Cars That Think

These updates will be prompted by all kinds of developments: sudden changes of weather; shifts in passenger loads at different vertiports, unforeseen no-fly zones due to public events on the ground, or accidents. All the GCS hardware is installed in a truck provided by Bell Textron. The benefits will be well worth the effort.

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Where to locate public chargers?

Electric Auto Association

It is therefore incumbent upon everyone to understand EV chargers and the factors that affect their location and installation. Installing Level 2 chargers will build goodwill and loyalty, attract new customers, retain existing customers, increase revenue per customer, and respond to demand.

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California ARB receives VW’s 1st $200M, 30-month ZEV investment plan

Green Car Congress

Access initiatives like ride‐and‐ drive events, and an additional approximately ~$16 million spent on the operational costs of running Electrify America (e.g., Electrify America has identified three potential Green City initiatives on which to focus: ZEV car‐sharing, ZEV delivery fleet, and ZEV taxi fleet provider. Green City.

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UK TSB Awards 7M for Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Technology Demonstrator Projects

Green Car Congress

The aim of the project is to build, install, operate and demonstrate a 10 kW Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell Combined Heat & Power system in a high profile demonstration programme to accelerate the development and potential for commercial exploitation in large domestic (multi-dwelling) and light commercial applications. Earlier post.).

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In the Caribbean, EVs leave ICE vehicles behind

Electric Auto Association

White installed a solar system in his home by 1992, and when the next Category 5 hurricane struck in 1995, “We had back-up. Desiring to run the GEM on sunshine, White successfully installed a solar panel on its roof. The new chapter’s first official event was an EV version of a poker run.