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Waymo starts fully autonomous rides in LA tomorrow; Austin later this year

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Waymo has spent the last few months hosting its “Waymo Tour,” where it bounced around small parts of town to offer free rides to locals in various neighborhoods one-by-one ( we experienced it on a chaotic weekend day in Venice Beach ). And these rides don’t start some time in the distant future – they start tomorrow.

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

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s Connecticut Clean Cities Future Fuels Project. Vehicles to be deployed include 163 CNG, the vast majority for high mileage taxis and 18 heavy-duty LNG refuse trucks. In addition to the city fleets, high mileage and high visibility fleets are included, such as Coca-Cola, Sysco, Frito Lay, school districts, and taxis.

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Car News: 2024 Consumer Electronics Show

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The new ‘H’ mark will be applied on future Honda EV models, including the Honda 0 Series. This left an untapped market for smaller, fit-for-purpose electric vans and trucks that will be not only used for last mile delivery, but longer range transportation of goods. The PV5 should be the first to be released.

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

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Different types of non-ownership alternatives promise to be the way of the future. Where it used to be Hertz or Avis–or a taxi–the choices now are much more complex. Uber’s value proposition is that it is cheaper than using a taxi and much cheaper than using a personal car.

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The Long View from SAE 2009 World Congress

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We are all stampeding towards an electric vehicle future. Heywood believes it will take a collection of actions: to get to a future state with 25% of today’s level would require six equal elements with a 20% improvement (0.8) Still, Prof. TOD is about “ advancing the right kind of a balanced model.

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NYU Researchers Pave the Way for Future Shared Mobility

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Chow and his colleagues addressed this problem by developing a look-ahead policy so that the model uses current data to anticipate where the future demand will be, taking into account the capacity at the different charging stations. This accounting for the capacity is a key difference from previous approaches.

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

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In this paper PHEV refers solely to the long-range PHEV of 60 miles (100 km) electric-only range.) Appendix B: Car of the Future: A Comparison of Alternative Vehicles. So the PHEV can simply use a small amount of this needed liquid fuel in the future. How PHEV enhances The Electric Infrastructure. Conclusions. slow charge.

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