Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 6, 2021

Skyworks Aeronautics will use the funds to move forward with the commercialization of its gyroplane aircraft, including the eGyro electric air taxi geared towards urban air mobility and the 400 mph VertiJet VTOL aircraft that competes directly with helicopters, but at a much higher speed, longer range and lower operating cost.

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The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 10, 2024

The will they, wont they cycle of rumors around Teslas long-awaited affordable car is swirling again, this time because the automakers head of investor relations told a bank that it would launch in the first half of 2025.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2022

For vehicles with longer range requirements or higher utilization needs, such as taxis, ride-share fleet, or SoCalGas’ own fleet, HFCEVs could be cost-competitive in the 2020s. SoCalGas’ recently released economy-wide technical analysis reveals that in the light-duty vehicle sector, BEVs and HFCEVs could address different use cases.

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

It’s the end of an era that many of you probably thought ended years ago: The Ford Crown Victoria’s time as a taxi on the streets of NYC is coming to a close, as the last two cars still eligible for duty are aging out. New York City has a rule that taxis cannot be more than seven years old.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

BYD’s arrival to Indonesia is expected to help electrify taxi fleets. At least that’s what Indonesia’s largest taxi operator, PT Blue Bird, thinks. “We Tesla’s Elon Musk considering building EV plant in Indonesia: official According to Bloomberg , PT Blue Bird launched electric taxis in its fleet in 2019.

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Teslarati

JUNE 25, 2021

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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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2020

The taxi and ride-hailing markets are best positioned to go fully electric first. The economics of EVs—more expensive to buy but a lot cheaper to run—match perfectly with high-mileage, low-margin businesses like ride-hailing and taxis. Uber-type drivers can do up to five times more kilometers than an average motorist.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2011

The project to deliver a fleet of the zero emission taxis to the streets of London in time for 2012 is on track, according to project fuel cell provider Intelligent Energy, with the first Fuel Cell Black Cabs covering a combined total of more than 8,000 miles in road and test track testing conditions. —Boris Johnson, Mayor of London.

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EV Central

AUGUST 12, 2024

At the 2024 Busan Mobility (car) Show in Korea, Hyundai’s Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) company Supernal stated its plan to enter the air taxi market by 2028 with its S-A2 e-VTOL (electrical vertical take-off and landing) craft. On the noise front, Shin promised the e-VTOL flying taxi “operates as quietly as a dishwasher”.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 5, 2024

Affordable EVs seem to be a nut that no automaker can crack, as every promise of a “sub-$30,000” model or similar has fallen through in favor of higher prices. CEO Elon Musk has been beating the affordable EV drum for a while, telling investors in January that the car would enter production in Texas as soon as late 2025.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

ALTe is targeting fleet vehicles such as delivery trucks, vans and shuttle buses and even potentially taxis and limos, in the light- to medium-duty vehicle classes—initially as conversions, but ultimately extending to an OEM basis. Earlier post.) However, our reach goes beyond that.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2014

The UK government announced plans to invest £500 million (US$841 million) between 2015 and 2020 to boost the ultra low emission vehicle (ULEV) industry and help drivers both afford and feel confident using electric cars. The automotive industry is worth £11.2 billion (US$18.8 billion) to the UK economy, the government said.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

The proposals include a lightweight, driverless electric bus; a system to improve the efficiency of urban freight transport; a bus-taxi hybrid (a “buxi”); a low carbon, community-managed car club; plus two variants of lightweight, single seat electric vehicles. It combines the efficiency of a bus with the flexibility of a taxi.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2011

Prestige GreenCab, a Dutch taxi operator with a large electric-vehicle fleet, took the initiative for the installations in Utrecht. We have to keep our 20 EVs operational throughout the day and can’t afford to wait eight hours for a battery to charge. ABB’s Terra stations can recharge an EV battery in as little as 15 to 30 minutes.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2018

A new study from Juniper Research forecasts that revenues generated by the use of MaaS (Mobility-as-a-Service) platforms, which integrate multi-modal transport services (including buses, taxis, rail and metro), will exceed $11 billion by 2023. This is up from an estimated $100 million in 2018 and reflects an average annual growth of 156%.

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

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.” Even by the standards of big-money tech investment, the vision is giddily audacious. Hailing a ride would be no more complicated than scheduling a trip on a ride-sharing app.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

ZAP Jonway plans to introduce an electric A280—the “little brother”to the A380 being used as an electric taxi. These vehicles are now being showcased and used as electric taxis at the Shanghai Expo. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.) Jonway has also agreed to produce the ZAP Alias electric car. Earlier post.).

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 21, 2021

These concepts and prototypes, representing well over a billion dollars of venture capital investment in 2020 alone , promise that sometime in the near future, point-to-point travel between suburbs and urban centers will happen by air using innovative new flying vehicles that are fast, quiet, clean, and far more affordable than a helicopter.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2018

And it is purpose built for use as a taxi service. Indeed, this is a key growth market that no OEM can afford to ignore. This new type of car unites two of the key mobility megatrends in one vehicle: ride-sharing and electromobility. What this new vehicle category does is put the passenger, not the driver, firmly center stage.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2021

Thirteen companies and one university have signed agreements with NASA’s Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) project’s National Campaign to continue work towards integrating air taxis, cargo delivery aircraft and other new air vehicle concepts into the national airspace system. Joby Aviation’s all-electric prototype. Background.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

Travel and expense management company Certify’s Q2 analysis on business expense trends found that Uber, the popular ridesharing service, continues to grow with business travelers, comprising 55% of ground transportation receipts compared with taxi services at 43%. In Q1, Uber had 46% of receipts compared with taxis at 53%.

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Green Cars News

MAY 28, 2013

Nissan''s all-electric LEAF car is increasingly finding work as a taxi car, as taxi companies clock on to the affordable running costs of a battery-powered model. The world''s most successful electric vehicle is now being used as a taxi in several countries including the Netherlands, Switzerland, [.].

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Japanese electric helicopter startup SkyDrive has unveiled its electric helicopter that they hope to use as an air taxi service by 2025. SkyDrive, an Osaka, Japan-based company, plans to introduce a “sky taxi” service to Osaka Bay by 2025, just in time for the World Expo being held there in 2025.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 14, 2016

The new car sharing economy happens in three phases: street rental service, ride sharing taxi service, and robotic service. The automotive industry is in the process of merging phases one and two, with robotic service to become the ultimate form of transportation for its availability, convenience, and affordability.

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Electrek

JUNE 4, 2022

The post Wheel-E Podcast! E-bike charging stations, Luna review, USPS mail bikes, Chinese e-trike & more appeared first on Electrek.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 8, 2024

Last week, reports surfaced that Tesla had canceled its affordable car project as CEO Elon Musk pivoted to focus on autonomous taxis. Though he called the reports fake news, Musk is pressing ahead with his plan to develop Robotaxis, but said the company would reveal the taxi project on August 8.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 5, 2012

The HEV cars were sold mostly to individual consumers while PHEVs were sold to taxi fleets in Shenzhen and Beijing, as well as to some. On the other hand, because the EV market will be a government- and policy-driven market, China’s push is likely to affect car makers’ EV model strategies, increasing their focus on affordability.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2015

GMS), a venture company providing mobility services, will partner on field testing to expand the use of electric tricycles (a three-wheel taxi) in the Republic of the Philippines. However, because most tricycle operators in the Philippines have low incomes, they can neither afford to buy an electric tricycle outright nor pass a credit check.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 8, 2024

Rapido has over 60% market share in Indian bike taxi space. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways ( MoRTH ) has issued guidelines clarifying the legality of bike taxis in India, potentially paving way for their return in key markets like Delhi and Maharashtra.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Despite its push toward autonomous taxis, Tesla is expected to continue developing more affordable models with price tags that start at around $30,000. Americans don’t have that option yet, as our Model 3 still gets the usual standard synthetic leather and rear touchscreen.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The Tesla Cybercab could be a way for the city to offer rideshare services at more affordable prices. If Tesla strikes a deal with Palo Alto, its Robotaxi rideshare services will supplement the city’s existing taxi service, including Palo Alto Link.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 28, 2024

Used vehicles, business orders and vehicles used for commercial purposes (like taxi, rideshare and delivery services) are excluded from this promotion. This is especially notable since the non-Foundation Series Cybertruck variants are substantially more affordable. Order is not eligible for Powershare voucher.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2022

The funding of this zero-emission private hire fleet follows the successful pay-per-mile funding of taxis that Zeti previously delivered in London using MEEF funds. Through the Zeti ZERO platform, MEEF will be able to monitor real-time data on vehicle telematics and the overall carbon savings of the fleet based on the total mileage.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 24, 2017

A3 is also developing Voom, an effort to make helicopter transport accessible and affordable to the broader traveling public, especially in markets where ground transportation is congested or unreliable. The project centers on a mobile web platform that connects the rider with licensed air taxi companies.

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Baua Electric

MAY 29, 2023

Blue Chicken, Indonesia’s biggest taxi operator, is ready to buy maximum of its unused fleet as electrical cars (EVs) from BYD, in line with a document by means of Bloomberg. BYD Taxi in alternative international locations Alternatively, Tesla has confronted demanding situations within the pocket.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2010

The Better Place switchable battery solution, which addresses the range limitation of fixed battery electric cars, will offer the consumer an affordable and attractive alternative to current combustion engine and hybrid vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2015

The Dynamic Shuttle solution could fill the gap between a taxi service and public busing in cities around the globe. Customer findings shaped the best vehicle height for easy on-boarding and off-boarding, as well as rider-requested amenities including complimentary Wi-Fi, USB charging ports for each seat and personal storage space.

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