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LowCVP announces winners of Low Carbon Urban Mobility Technology Challenge

Green Car Congress

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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Volkswagen and Qatar to put autonomous electric vehicles on Doha roads in 2022

Green Car Congress

The landmark project will create a holistic ecosystem for autonomous driving, including the creation of an appropriate legal framework, smart city infrastructure and transfer of knowledge, which can be used as a blueprint to transform urban mobility, both in Qatar and beyond.

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E-lixr pivots business model to enable a globally unified electric water taxi network

Baua Electric

Young electric water taxi service E-lixr is pivoting its previous business strategy to become the USs first operator of all-electric vessels. Here, we learned that E-lixrs initial transport solutions would include electric water taxi services in the US, beginning in Miami.

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Barcelona: An E-Mobility Living Lab

Wallbox

It is also one of the first European cities to regulate the use conditions for these types of vehicles , legalizing but restricting their use to improve user and public safety. What this actually means is that users can both book any form of transport in the city through one app and protect their own data all at once.

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In the Caribbean, EVs leave ICE vehicles behind

Electric Auto Association

Unfortunately, the taxi drivers weren’t so happy and they hit back.” There was no NEV legislation on the books that made it legal,” White said. “I “The GEM importer had begun to rent them out on an hourly basis to tourists disembarking cruise ships for the day,” White explained.

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My journey to and on the Mauritanian Iron Ore Train

Plug Me In

I tried to make a reservation in advance, but alas, it was fully booked. Booking train tickets for international trips is not always easy. By the way, I travelled on an Interrail pass, and their app also made it easy to find routes and book tickets. It’s legal to ride this train, it’s also free.

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Tesla 2024 Annual Shareholder Meeting transcript: June 13, 2024

Teslarati

I want to give a special shout out to our small but mighty IR team and legal team, and everyone involved in running this year’s proxy campaign—both inside and outside of Tesla. The fact that current levels may be legal does not mean they are safe. We presented a similar proposal in 2021. In fact, U.S.

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