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Berkeley study finds self-driving electric taxi fleets in Manhattan would deliver significant cost and environmental benefits

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Using models they built and data from more than 10 million taxi trips in New York City, they found that the cost of service provided by a fleet of shared automated electric vehicles (SAEVs) would be $0.29-$0.61 The minimum fleet size falls to 6,470 vehicles at battery ranges of 70 miles and greater. Click to enlarge.

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Best EV To Own To Survive a Zombie Apocalypse?

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Finally the vehicles special unique power. Elon Musk’s, The Tesla Model S boasts the furthest range of our 5 vehicles with an incredible 405 miles on one charge, meaning it can drive the furthest away from any infested areas during a zombie apocalypse. The range isn’t too shabby either at 280 miles. What about charging?

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Solar Power from Space? Caltech’s $100 Million Gambit

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He is majority owner of New York City's iconic MetLife Building. He gives few interviews (he declined to speak for this story), and while Caltech's Space Solar Power Project has been public, Bren's support of it was a secret until now. Bren, 89, made most of his fortune— estimated between $15.3 billion and $16.1

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Tennessee, Nissan and TVA forge a path for electric car | www.tennessean.com | The Tennessean

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One of the biggest challenges to the nations power grid "is going to be the introduction of electric vehicles," said Dana Christiansen, associate director of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, which has partnered with Nissan, TVA and the state of Tennessee to help develop the charging infrastructure to support the vehicles.