Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2012

Other battery tests include simulating hot and sunny Phoenix weather by subjecting batteries to greater than 140 °F (60 °C) temperatures, extreme cold conditions in Manitoba, Canada with -40 °F (-40 °C) tests, and by driving vehicles equipped with the batteries through ditches filled with water to ensure there are no issues.

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Li-ion Nickel Metal Hydride Batteries Battery 281

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2011

The grants, funded by a portion of the state’s annual utilities gross receipts tax, are intended to encourage new markets for alternative fuels, fleets and technologies across Pennsylvania. This will provide access to the general public and private fleets. Cranberry Taxi Inc. Phoenix Contact Inc.

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Alternative Fuels Pennsylvania Gas Grant 199

Teslarati

APRIL 14, 2025

The event featured officials from project partners GO, a taxi platform, and Nihon Kotsu, the largest taxi company in Tokyo, along with featuring one of the company’s camera-, lidar-, and radar-outfitted Jaguar I-Pace units, expected to begin manual testing around Tokyo in the weeks to come.

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Japan Taxi Phoenix San Francisco 70

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2009

The project will deploy 502 alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicles through 119 public and private fleets throughout the state. Clean Energy Coalition’s CEC Michigan Green Fleets Initiative. Fleets include transportation authorities, cities, school districts, the University of Michigan, FedEx, and Meijer.

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Alternative Fuels Clean Cleaning Grant 236

Cars That Think

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Two autonomous taxis, from Pony.ai So far, around three in every 100 taxis there are robotaxis, developed by Baidu s autonomous car division, Apollo Go. Because a robotaxi doesnt contend with driver fatigue, the number of rides it can run per day can be greater than that of a nonautomated taxi. What about the economics?

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San Francisco Cars Taxi China 139

Teslarati

APRIL 9, 2024

The General Motors (GM) self-driving unit Cruise has announced plans to resume driver-operated vehicle testing in Arizona, after an accident with one of its driverless taxis in October left a pedestrian severely injured. “This will help inform where we ultimately will resume driverless operations,” Cruise added.

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GM Phoenix Arizona Taxi 79

Baua Electric

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Waymo has opened up its driverless taxi service to everyone in Los Angeles, without need for an invite code or waitlist, but it still remains with the same service area it had before and doesn’t yet cover the whole area around LA. The company recently announced it will add Hyundai Ioniq 5s to its fleet in the future.

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Los Angeles San Francisco Taxi Phoenix 52