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This new style of electric tuk-tuk makes me want to drive a taxi in India

Baua Electric

But whatever it’s called, these three-wheeled taxis have used their half-bike, half-wagon design to shuttle folks around cities for decades. Got some kids you need to shuttle down the neighborhood to a friend’s house? For power, we’ve got a rear axle-mounted 1,000W motor supplied by a 48V battery. Throw ’em in!

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The Long View from SAE 2009 World Congress

Green Car Congress

Transform our energy supply base to low CO 2 fuels because “ eventually our environmental damage [needs to be] brought under control but my concern is that is all we talk about ,” Heywood advised—and transformational changes take decades, not years, to implement. “ We are all stampeding towards an electric vehicle future. Still, Prof.

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Transportation details of LA Mayor’s proposed Green New Deal

Green Car Congress

The ambitious plans includes accelerated goals and new targets such as: Building a “zero-carbon” electricity grid — reaching an accelerated goal of 80% renewable energy supply by 2036 with 100% renewables by 2045. Electrify 10% of taxi fleet by 2022 and 100% by 2028. bikeshare, e-scooters, carshare, etc.)—will

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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

Green Car Congress

In this paper PHEV refers solely to the long-range PHEV of 60 miles (100 km) electric-only range.) The potential is enormous because the current grid has sufficient energy capacity to supply every vehicle in the United States if every one of them was a PHEV. Both owners drove an average of 12,000 total miles in the year.

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