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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

Clean Fleet Report

Self-driving cars has been a focus of Uber for the last half of the decade with the company racking up about 80,000 autonomous miles a week as it strives to bring driverless cars into the mix. Ford SmartMobility/Chariot –Time for Spin? Zipcar Zipcar bills itself as the world’s largest car sharing service. In the U.S.

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GE and Nissan Get Into Smart Charging

Revenge of the Electric Car

Matt Nielsen is lead researcher for smart-charging work at GE’s research lab in upstate New York. Nissan last week began taking orders for the Nissan Leaf, an all-electric sedan that can go about 100 miles. The second phase will work on integrating electric vehicles in the power grid, according to the companies.

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NYU Researchers Pave the Way for Future Shared Mobility

Cars That Think

Since that time, the C2SMART Center at NYU has worked with shared mobility companies including, BMW ReachNow (now ShareNow), Lime and Via, and collaborated with automakers such as Ford Motor Company on some of its research. New York 511 Rideshare program , which is a demand management system that has been in place for a few years now.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

Can I get from Pittsburgh to New York's Hudson Valley—a trip I make a dozen times a year? So we're going to talk in miles, gallons and even miles per gallon. John, I know you have a place in New York's Catskill Mountains, just down the ridgeline from the Hudson Valley, so you're sympathetic to my plight.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

Can I get from Pittsburgh to New York's Hudson Valley—a trip I make a dozen times a year? So we're going to talk in miles, gallons and even miles per gallon. John, I know you have a place in New York's Catskill Mountains, just down the ridgeline from the Hudson Valley, so you're sympathetic to my plight.

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Coming Soon – The Electric City

Revenge of the Electric Car

Photo by Jim Wilson, New York Times. The New York Times looks at how EVs are going to shake up our cities. From the article: “The San Francisco building code will soon be revised to require that new structures be wired for car chargers. Cities Prepare for Life With the Electric Car.

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Chrysler unveils new electric minivan for the US Postal Service

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

However, because of the duty cycle used by the Postal Service, which generally amounts to only about 18-20 miles per day on a fixed route, these vehicles are being built without the range extender seen on the concept. Thats such a pretty metallic blue; I would love to see these postal vehicles around my neighborhood. Looks sharp.

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