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TUM CREATE introduces tropical megacity e-taxi prototype at Tokyo; super-fast charging with twin charge ports

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Singapore-based TUM CREATE unveiled an electric taxi prototype designed for tropical megacities, codenamed EVA, at the Tokyo Motor Show. EVA was designed from the ground-up as an e-taxi and is a result of interdisciplinary research in the areas of energy storage, battery charging, thermal management, and lightweight materials and design.

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Wolfspeed, BPEI study uses ESOI analysis to show energy efficiency superiority of SiC in EVs

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Estimating the energy consumption of each EV type requires technical modeling of vehicle efficiency over selected test cycles, such as the Worldwide Harmonized Test Cycle (WLTC) for personal light-duty vehicles, and other models for different vehicle use cases. The modeling accounted for vehicle-specific parameters such as weight and drag.

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The Long View from SAE 2009 World Congress

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Five possible areas of improvements include: reducing miles driven; increasing the number of people per trip; reducing the number of trips; improving the vehicle efficiency; and improving the efficiency of the fuel supply. The PRT as an automated taxi that is 4m long by 1.4m Urban planning as part of the solution. Still, Prof.

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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 D: Vehicle Driving Statistics. With this charge it can travel an average daily distance of about 30 miles (50 km), which is often enough to serve most consumers’ needs. slow charge. Appendix F: Biofuel Issues. References.

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Tesla Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript: April 23, 2024

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So we now have over 300 billion miles that have been driven with FSD v12. They are also driving this and collecting real-world miles, and we have an estimate of, what are the critical events? The next question is about the robo taxi unveil. million vehicles, and we’re seeing about half of people use it so far.

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