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3 Challenges to Solve Before We Can Commute by Air Taxi

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All over the world, startup companies, government agencies, universities, and airlines are collaborating to launch an entirely new category of aviation based on electric aircraft capable of both vertical takeoff and efficient horizontal flight. Nothing like this has ever been attempted on a large scale. Mass), Amherst.

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50 by 20: Wireless EV Charging Hits Key Benchmark

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Impressive,” says Duc Minh Nguyen , a research associate in the Communication Theory Lab at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology ( KAUST ) in Saudi Arabia. By 2020, we noted , a partnership had been worked out between Jaguar , Momentum Dynamics , Nordic taxi operator Cabonline , and charging company Fortam Recharge.

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Following the Money in the Air-Taxi Craze

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During rush hour, the skies over a large city, such as Dubai or Madrid or Los Angeles, would swarm with hundreds, and eventually thousands, of eVTOL “air taxis.” These would be like mini airports where the eVTOLs would take off and land, be recharged, and take on and discharge passengers.

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Wind Turbine Blades Destined for the Afterlife

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A planned network of landing spots will let eVTOLs recharge their batteries between flights, keeping people above the hustle and bustle (and traffic tie-ups) that come standard with taking private cars or taxis on city streets. Making the trip in a taxi usually takes 90 minutes; by train, it’s a 2-hour ride.

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Pennsylvania invests $7.9M in 21 alt-fuel projects

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Awards include (ranked by amount): PHL Taxi Management LLC —$900,000 – to purchase and deploy 50 new CNG taxis in Philadelphia that comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act, and to build a publicly accessible CNG fueling station in the city. million gallons of blended biodiesel and 280,000 gallons of B100.

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PHEVLERs are the Zero CO2 Clean Green Machines of the Future

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Frank (email: afrank@efficientdrivetrains.com) Dr. Frank is Professor Emeritus, Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering at the University of California, Davis, where he established the Institute for Transportation Studies (ITS-Davis), and was director of the US Department of Energy’s National Center of Hybrid Excellence at UC Davis.

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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 serves as a platform to showcase the results of the work at TUM CREATE, a joint research program by Technische Universität München (TUM) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU).

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