Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2019

At CES 2019, ZF will unveil a steering-wheel- and pedal-free robo-taxi to show how its technologies enable new forms of urban mobility. Users can hail the taxi using their smartphone or tablet; the robo-taxi will maneuver autonomously to pick them up. for ride-hailing, innovative delivery services and fleet management.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2013

BYD announced the launch of Hong Kong’s first all-electric taxi fleet using the BYD e6 electric cross-over sedan. Hongkong first pure electric taxi fleet. Hongkong first pure electric taxi fleet. BYD also announced that the e6 “Taxi version” and e6 “Premier” sedan were now officially on sale in Hong Kong.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Wensink Automotive, fleet operator Willemsen-de Koning and Mercedes-Benz Vans have signed a contract for the delivery of 80 eVito Tourer vans (electricity consumption combined: 24.2 – 20.2 The fully electric fleet is used for group transports in Utrecht and Rotterdam. kWh/100 km; CO 2 -emissions combined: 0 g/km) vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

London-based EV tire manufacturer ENSO said it is in discussions with multiple international car makers and has begun trials with major fleet operators. Multiple EV manufacturers have expressed interest in fitting ENSO’s range-extending, emissions-reducing tires.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2023

Symbio offers a range of StackPacks—pre-validated and pre-integrated hydrogen systems. Hype and Stellantis are already deploying a first fleet of 50 hydrogen “Taxis PMR” in the Île-de-France region surrounding Paris. Symbio is aiming for a production capacity of 200,000 StackPacks per year by 2030.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Hyundai Motor will hand over 60 ix35 Fuel Cell cars to the Paris-based electric taxi start-up STEP (Société du Taxi Electrique Parisien). The fleet is planned to increase up to several hundred vehicles within five years. The ix35 Fuel Cell deployed are partially funded by the Hydrogen Mobility Europe Project.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2020

is a wheel/tire concept which, with its Cloud-based connectivity, offers fleet operators a particularly efficient means of mobility management. Fleets of autonomous electric taxis are a case in point, playing a key role in many concepts of the environmentally compatible mobility of the future. (Connected. Autonomous.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2014

The order for 2,000 long-range, battery-electric transit buses and 1,000 long-range, pure-electric cars was signed this week by the Mayor of Hangzhou, Hongming Zhang, and is one of the world’s largest all-electric fleets yet ordered. electric buses and taxis. electric buses and taxis. BYD Company Ltd.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2022

This will include infrastructure development and vehicle fleets to accelerate the expansion of hydrogen mobility for both light- and heavy-duty vehicles. Air Liquide, CaetanoBus and Toyota Motor Europe have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the aim of developing integrated hydrogen solutions. Concept of hydrogen ecosystem.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2012

A fleet of zero-emission Nissan LEAFs will be driving around London on the 23 rd and 24 th June, offering free taxi rides. Nissan is also using the activity to gather consumer feedback on a potential taxi of the future. A 109 mile charge range, 95% charging efficiency.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2016

China’s Zhejiang Geely Holding Group (ZGH) has raised $400 million through the first Green Bond sale on the offshore market from a Chinese automobile company to support the design, development and production of range-extended electric vehicles by its UK subsidiary, the LondonTaxi Company (LTC), manufacturer of the iconic London Black Cab.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

The first few hydrogen taxis being developed by a collaboration led by hydrogen fuel cell developer Intelligent Energy, and including Lotus Engineering Ltd, LTI (London Taxis International) Ltd and TRW Conekt, have been built at Lotus headquarters. The Guardian. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Teslarati

JULY 31, 2023

Under the companies’ plan, the Model Y units will be part of Uber Premium’s exclusive fleet. Hinomaru Kotsu is also expected to install charging systems at its offices in Adachi and Setagaya wards to help support the Model Y fleet. These installations are expected to start in November.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2017

A new modeling study by a team from MIT CSAIL (Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory) and Cornell suggests that using ride-sharing from companies like Uber and Lyft theoretically could reduce the number of taxis on the road in New York City by 75% without significantly impacting travel time.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

together with Volvo Car Sverige and Upplands Motor, announced that Sweden-based Fågelviksgruppen (FVG) has signed an agreement covering the purchase of 400 Volvo V70 Bi-Fuel taxis with Westport technology and fuel systems including options to purchase up to 240 more. Full driving range is 1,200 km (746 miles). Westport Innovations Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2014

the leading provider of hydrogen fuel cell technology to the materials handling market, will develop hydrogen fuel cell range extenders for 20 FedEx Express electric delivery trucks, allowing FedEx Express to nearly double the amount of territory the vehicles can cover with one charge. Electric (Battery) Fleets Fuel Cells'

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2009

Better Place has received an award from the Japanese government to conduct a pilot project in Tokyo for the world’s first electric taxis with switchable batteries. In Tokyo alone, there are approximately 60,000 taxis, a far greater number than in New York, Paris, or Hong Kong. Tokyo R&D Co.,

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2020

The team will work remotely alongside mentors and experts to explore the transformational possibilities of moving from fossil fuels to zero-emission hydrogen to power the airline’s future fleet. The Piper M-class six-seat plane completed taxi, take-off, a full pattern circuit, and landing. —Sean Doyle, CEO of British Airways.

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Baua Electric

MAY 5, 2024

The survey found that only 6% of EV drivers in England reported experiencing range anxiety either very often or fairly often, while 94% of EV drivers said they had range anxiety occasionally, rarely, or never. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.

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Teslarati

JULY 31, 2023

From scooters and e-bikes to the TECO Line Streetcar and Pirate Water Taxi to HART bus service and bicycle lanes, we know that a growing urban center needs a wide range of ways to get around. The post Tesla Model Y fleet to be used in Tampa’s DASH ride-sharing program appeared first on TESLARATI.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2020

kWh/100km) available now with high-torque electric motor and 421 kilometers range as well as the fully electric EQV (combined power consumption: 26.4-26.3 kWh/100km), electric passenger transport has also grown to meet electric mobility requirements: as a hotel shuttle, as a large taxi or vehicle for ride sharing services.

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Mercedes Installation Transportation Batteries 522

Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2021

The powertrain consists of a state-of-the-art hydrogen storage system, automotive-style fuel cell power system, safety system, control and automation system allowing for a powertrain with increased range, simple maintenance, and no emissions. Supported boat speeds range from a few knots to more than 50 knots.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2013

—Jon Coleman, Ford Fleet Sustainability and Technology manager. Ford will offer the all-new Ford Transit range of full-size vans, wagons, cutaway, and chassis cab models powered by a 3.7-liter The next generation of the Transit Connect range will add yet another CNG-ready engine when it goes on sale later this year, offering a 2.5-liter

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2017

Continental’s new VoicR app enhances communication especially for drivers and fleets. Taxi drivers, for example, can exchange information with other traffic participants via smartphone software and are informed about the traffic situation in advance.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 3, 2017

It fits hydrogen fuel cells as range extenders for battery-electric vehicles, primarily small delivery vans. Advocates of battery-electric and hydrogen fuel-cell cars are often at odds over which powertrain technology is the more practical solution to reducing emissions.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2022

This proposed agreement will add 14 major European cities and 10,000 vehicles to Free2move’s existing car sharing fleet of 2,500 vehicles. With the apps of FREE NOW and CHARGE NOW, we want to provide our customers with a comprehensive and wide range of digital services.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2013

The BYD e6 reaches speeds of over 140 km/h (~87 mph) with a range of 300 km (187 miles), making it suited for the demands of police utility vehicles. Shenzhen city is currently planning to add 500 additional BYD e6 pure-electric taxis and more than 500 additional BYD electric buses to the public transport system.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2019

With the new investment, the companies have agreed to expand research to a wide range of models and to build an optimal platform for Hyundai and Kia’s autonomous vehicles. Hyundai also presented a fleet of autonomous vehicles equipped with Level 4 technologies at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Games. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Wisk Aero, an Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) company, revealed the first self-flying, all-electric, four-passenger vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxi. Range: 90 miles with reserves (~144 kilometers with reserves). Cruising speed: 120 knots. Altitude: 2,500 – 4,000 ft above ground.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2009

ALTe’s initial focus is on vehicles of light-to-medium duty fleets (such as taxis), which will obtain the greatest benefit of converting older, out-of-warranty vehicles from gasoline-powered engines to the REEV powertrain platform. This ultimately reduces emissions and operating costs for fleet vehicle users. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

With the help of three Québec partners—TM4, B3CG Interconnect and the National Centre of Advanced Transportation—Lion Bus will develop a powertrain allowing a range of about 90 km (56 miles). Among other incentives, a project to “green” 525 taxis will be set up in Montreal and other Quebec regions.

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Green Cars News

MAY 23, 2009

Sweden has long been the envy of Europe in terms of its environmental reputation and now its taxi fleets are getting in on the act. The Taxi Stockholm firm has stepped up its natural gas taxi fleet by ordering 350 natural gas vehicles which will be fuelled by bio-methane - and it is expected that more will follow.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2009

ALTe already has Gen 1 proof-of-concept systems running in a Crown Vic taxi equipped with a 20 kWh Li-ion battery pack. With fleet mileage, ALTe projects ROI on a conversion in less than two years. With fleet mileage, ALTe projects ROI on a conversion in less than two years. Click to enlarge. ” —John Thomas.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2017

Ford detailed seven of the 13 new global electrified vehicles it plans to introduce in the next five years, including hybrid versions of the iconic F-150 pickup and Mustang in the US, a plug-in hybrid (PHEV) Transit Custom van in Europe and a fully electric SUV with an expected range of at least 300 miles (483 km) for customers globally.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2011

As part of this agreement, the BYD’s e6, a 5-seat, battery-electric vehicle with the driving range of more than 186 miles (240 km) will be introduced into the Hertz China’s rental fleet making BYD’s e6 the first pure EV for rent in China. 300 more BYD e6s were added to these fleets in July for the 2011 Shenzhen Universiade.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2018

Further, EV manufacturers often provide consumers with only rough estimates of charging times, and they typically do not specify the range of conditions for which those estimates apply. Motoaki and his colleagues analyzed data from a fleet of Nissan LEAFs operated as taxis over roughly 500 Direct Current Fast Charge (DCFC) events.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2011

The BYD e6 electric vehicle ( earlier post ) will now be available for consumer purchases in China; previously, the e6 was only available for fleet purchases. BYD e6s have been in operation in government and taxi fleets for nearly 18 months. The Shenzhen taxi fleet, using BYD’s e6 exclusively, have accumulated more than 3.8

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