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NYC’s curbside EV chargers see 72% utilization rate – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

New York City began installing public curbside EV charging stations in 2021 as part of a pilot that was originally expected to end in July of this year. According to the New York City DOT, Con Edison’s 100 chargers have seen an average utilization rate of 72%. Operator FLO claims that they achieved a 99.9%

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Tesla Model Y taxi fleet from Revel set for NYC launch after regulatory mix up

Teslarati

Revel, a New York City-based ridesharing company, will launch its fleet of Tesla Model Y taxis in the Big Apple in early August after a mix-up with NYC’s regulatory agency, the Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC). The addition of Revel’s 49 Model Ys broadens New York City’s small fleet of electrified taxis.

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NYC Rations Fuel, Jersey Makes 'Dyed Diesel' Legal In Sandy Aftermath

Green Car Reports

New York City and Long Island today instituted temporary fuel rationing, with drivers only allowed to buy gasoline on alternate days. Starting at 6 am tomorrow, vehicles with odd numbers on their license plates can buy fuel on odd-numbered days; even numbers can buy on even-numbered days.

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Sophia Muirhead Is IEEE’s Next Executive Director

Cars That Think

Prior to joining IEEE, she was senior vice president, chief legal officer, and corporate secretary at The Conference Board , a global business membership organization. Muirhead earned a juris doctor degree from Harvard Law School and holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Hunter College , in New York City.

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MINI partners with HAX to launch startup accelerator program

Green Car Congress

Applications are now open for the first Urban-X program , to be held in New York City in March 2016. Additional Legal, Human Resources, Marketing/Communications and Accounting support will be available through an established network of program partners.

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Granville T. Woods: Smartest Guy in the Room

Cars That Think

One such group agreed to pay for a 10-day trip to New York City so that Woods could drum up interest in the innovations for which the company held patent rights. Anecdotes that he studied engineering in New York City in his early 20s are no doubt apocryphal. Edison lost—and immediately offered Woods a job.

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Cleveland City Planners Change Policies to Create 15-Minute City

The Truth About Cars

Vision Zero is a globally focused United Nations initiative designed to totally eliminate all traffic accidents by implementing comprehensive changes to the legal framework of traffic laws, the expansion of public transportation, and physically changing roadways to accommodate those modifications. But this is but a singular component.

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