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A Giant Game of Telephone: The Revel Tesla Model Y Taxi Situation Explained

Teslarati

Earlier this week, there was plenty of talk about the Revel taxi fleet in New York City, comprised of 50 Tesla Model Y all-electric crossovers that would contribute to the ride-sharing services that the Big Apple has long been accustomed to over the past century. New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission: A Giant Game of Telephone.

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EGEB: American Airlines, Virgin Atlantic order e-air taxis from UK startup

Electrek

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

Green Car Congress

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 per revenue mile—an order of magnitude lower than the cost of service of present-day Manhattan taxis and $0.05–$0.08/mi

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Comment on Tesla scraps plans for low-cost car amid fierce competition from Chinese EVs, report says by John Hanna

CN EV Post

TESLA: if you're asking this channel's pro-NIO founder for insight about Tesla, you're asking the wrong person. Seeing the "Robo-taxi should give insight to the entry-level steering-wheel-equipped variant as well. 8 what's coming sooner than thought even a few months ago.

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Driverless Hell: Another Cruise Robotaxi Crashes in San Francisco, This Time Into a Fire Truck

The Truth About Cars

There has been a lot of talk about Tesla owners abusing the cars’ semi-autonomous driving features and crashing into emergency vehicles, but there was at least a driver present in those situations. Last night, a taxi crashed into a fire truck , sending one person to the hospital.&

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Tesla’s Robotaxi network could be more profitable than expected: ARK Invest

Teslarati

In its Big Ideas 2021 report, ARK Invest predicted that consumers would be willing to pay 25 cents per mile for autonomous taxi rides. The investment management firm believes that rideshare services would eventually become cheaper for consumers compared to the costs of owning and operating a personal vehicle. Elon Musk: Tesla FSD V.9

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We can’t leave questions of Tesla etiquette on Autopilot

EV Central

We really need to establish some kind of etiquette for Tesla owners, and for the people who use them to make money as Uber drivers in particular. Now, personally, I’ve tried to use Autopilot a few times, not so much out of morbid curiosity as a feeling of being professionally compelled to do so.

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