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3 Challenges to Solve Before We Can Commute by Air Taxi

Cars That Think

The air route connected Hillwood’s Mobility Innovation Zone, in the northern outskirts of Fort Worth, to the Discovery Park on the campus of the University of North Texas, a distance of 60 kilometers (37 miles). As the helicopter was preparing to take off from Fort Worth for the first flight, at around 2 p.m.

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Uber expands autonomous driving service in Texas

Teslarati

Uber is now a leader in the autonomous driving sector as they have expanded its autonomous taxi services around the country. As outlined in the press release from Aurora Innovation, the company is expanding through a new 600-mile delivery route between Fort Worth and El Paso.

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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

Green Car Congress

Vehicles to be deployed include 163 CNG, the vast majority for high mileage taxis and 18 heavy-duty LNG refuse trucks. The project will deploy refueling stations and alternative fuel vehicles in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Greater New Haven Clean Cities Coalition, Inc.’s s Connecticut Clean Cities Future Fuels Project.