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NYC's Nissan 'Taxi Of Tomorrow' Plan Upheld By Highest State Court

Green Car Reports

Back in 2011, New York City chose a new vehicle to replace the majority of its taxi fleet, then a hodgepodge of Ford Crown Victoria sedans, various hybrid models, and a few minivans. Dubbed the "Taxi of Tomorrow," that vehicle is an adapted version of the Nissan NV200 small van.

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Waymo purchase of Chrysler Pacifica Hybrids may limit consumer access to federal rebate

Green Car Reports

Waymo, the self-driving car unit of Google's parent company, Alphabet, put in an order for 62,000 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivans last week to put into test fleets around the country. Riders will be able to summon the vans as taxis and be whisked to their destination complete with a "driver" who isn't actually driving.

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Voyage partners with Renovo for autonomous taxi fleet

Green Car Congress

Voyage, a startup in the autonomous taxi space, entered into a long-term strategic partnership with Renovo, a mobility technology company, to license Renovo’s AWare OS for use across its global fleet of automated vehicles. Renovo built AWare specifically for fleet operators such as Voyage.

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Waymo Jaguar I-Pace Lets Passengers Aboard

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Waymo began their operations and testing with Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivans, but in 2018 the I-Pace was added to the fleet. It’s the first time all- electric vehicles have been added to the fleet since Waymo’s custom-designed EVs were phased out to make space for the Pacificas.

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The Reality of Fast Charging for Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Chrysler used this for their EPIC Minivan and could charge at a rate of about one mile per minute. When GM installed chargers for the EV1 they used a 50amp 220V circuit that could pump over 6KW into the batteries. Some industrial sites are even set up with 440V 3 phase service. I have never been a big fan of battery swapping.