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Columbus, Ohio wins $40M DOT Smart City Challenge; $10M more from Vulcan, $90M from private partners

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Columbus also plans to use data analytics to improve health care access in a neighborhood that currently has an infant mortality rate four times that of the national average, allowing them to provide improved transportation options to those most in need of prenatal care.

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How ridesharing can help solve the challenge of urban EV ownership

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Revel aims to promote EV adoption in cities by solving two interrelated problems: The company’s rideshare fleet generates demand to justify the cost of installing DC fast chargers, and its charging Superhub ensures that the fleet stays charged, while also offering charging to the public. Q&A with Revel COO Paul Suhey.

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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

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The project will include 27 alternative fuel stations (16 CNG, 7 B20/E85, one B20, three Electric Charging) and deploy 373 alternative fuel and advance technology vehicles (235 CNG, 58 HEV, two LPG, two EV). Vehicles to be deployed include 163 CNG, the vast majority for high mileage taxis and 18 heavy-duty LNG refuse trucks.

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

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Where it used to be Hertz or Avis–or a taxi–the choices now are much more complex. Automakers have entered this market with mixed results, building substantial membership levels in only a few years, but they are also challenged with the new MaaS business model.

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The promise of wireless charging: smaller batteries, longer battery life, fewer charging stations

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Wireless charging is nothing new— Charged has covered wireless EV charging since at least 2011—but it may be that its true value is only coming into focus now, as more and more commercial and transit fleets are electrifying. Charged : Can you give us a brief company history? Q&A with Momentum Dynamics.

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Transportation details of LA Mayor’s proposed Green New Deal

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The LA Green New Deal seeks to “zero out” Los Angeles’ main sources of harmful emissions: buildings, transportation, electricity, and trash. bOne of the key elements in the program is building out the transit system in LA to enable Angelenos to use public transit and other non-vehicular modes. The mode shift is fundamental to the plan.

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The Long View from SAE 2009 World Congress

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Examples of advanced powertrains are turbo charged gas engines, diesel and hybrid. It is partly due to building a city where for certain trips public transport is a much more viable alternative. ”. The PRT as an automated taxi that is 4m long by 1.4m CAFE (L/100km) (cars / trucks). 8.6 / 10.6. 6.6 / 8.2. ?6.7 0.9 - 0.95X.

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