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This VC Is Betting Big on Flying Taxis and Scooters

Cars That Think

He has built airplanes, boats, hydrofoils, and motorcycles. Courses like robotics or thermodynamics that may not have been part of your major can be integrated with whatever you’ve learned and done in software, hardware, and product design,” he says. He also builds and restores classic cars and vintage military aircraft.

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Failure to equalise VAT on public charging a missed opportunity

My Energi

1] Proposed as part of a new report aiming to further accelerate the transition to electrification, the move would have seen public charging VAT rates fall from 20% to 5%, bringing them in line with home charging. of Brits), [2] will experience far higher costs when it comes to running an electric car.

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UK chooses to axe electric vehicle grant programs as popularity skyrockets

Teslarati

The grant system, launched in 2011 as part of a system to kick start the EV sector in the UK, has ended for most consumers, only leaving grants available for vehicles in niche and commercial uses. These include grants for trucks, taxis, vans, motorcycles, and wheelchair-accessible vehicles that will remain in place, for now, Yahoo reports.

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Building a Fleet of Personal EVs in Kenya

Cars That Think

But some of the current EV models aren’t a good fit for owners who can’t wait around for hours for their batteries to charge, such as taxi drivers, delivery people, and ride-hailing services. Founded in 2020, the company sells a variety of EVs, including e-bikes, scooters, motorcycles, and tuktuks. Its top speed is 75 km/h.

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Three perspectives on China’s EV industry (spoiler alert: legacy brands are toast) – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

Car Wars Han Feizi, writing in Asia Times , offers a colorful assessment of the current EV scene in China, which he compares to the notorious Japanese “motorcycle wars.” In the 1950s, over 100 companies in Japan started making motorcycles, sparking a “wild, untamed, often unscrupulous and dazzlingly innovative” melee.

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California Energy Commission approves more than $20M for clean transportation projects; Tesla, Quallion, other EV, battery and alt-fuel vehicles projects

Green Car Congress

the air district will demonstrate specially designed battery electric taxis that can use switchable batteries to give the vehicles essentially unlimited range. Two battery switching stations, at the international airports in San Francisco and San Jose, and six taxis that use switchable batteries will be used.

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IDTechEx calculates ~31 GWh of electric vehicle markets beyond cars in 2021

Green Car Congress

Electric Air Taxis/ Electric Vertical Take-off & Landing (eVTOL) - The future of electric air taxis, or electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL), is perhaps the most uncertain due to high regulatory barriers as well as technical. Battery Demand From Non-automotive EV Sectors in 2021. Electric Buses - 12 GWh.

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