Electrek

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Wisk Aero, Boeing’s electric flying taxi company, held the first public eVTOL demonstration flights in LA this week. The company accomplished the feat at the 100th anniversary of the Long Beach Airport. more… The post Boeing’s electric flying taxi company Wisk takes flight in LA [Video] appeared first on Electrek.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2021

became the first company to fly an all-electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft as part of NASA’s Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) National Campaign. Joby Aviation, Inc. The aircraft is powered by six propellers that tilt to enable vertical takeoff and efficient cruise flight.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2023

Archer Aviation and United Airlines plan to launch the first air taxi route in Chicago, between O’Hare International Airport (ORD) and Vertiport Chicago. Vertiport Chicago, North America’s largest vertical aircraft take off and landing facility, is located in the Illinois Medical District near the Chicago Loop.

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JANUARY 31, 2020

has invested in AutoFlightX , an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) air mobility company. AutoFlightX is an eVTOL air-cargo and air-taxi company headquartered in Munich, with R&D centers in Shanghai and Shenzhen, China. TDK Corporation subsidiary TDK Ventures Inc. V600 prototype unveiled at Aero Friedrichshafen 2019.

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Electrek

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Japanese eVTOL developer SkyDrive continues to grow its order books and is now expanding potential air taxi operations in South Carolina, a state it chose as its US base last year.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

As a result, public transportation organizations, taxi companies, and transport service providers will be able to deploy their fleets considerably more efficiently while minimizing waiting times for passengers. Public transport organizations and taxi companies in large cities are highly interested in managing their fleets efficiently.

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Electrek

JUNE 5, 2024

The eVTOL air taxi manufacturer has received Part 135 certification from the FAA – a vital certificate to begin commercial flights – and Archer is now one of two air taxi companies worldwide to confirm the receipt of one.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2022

Skyports Infrastructure, an Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) infrastructure developer, and AirAsia’s Advanced Air Mobility, a dedicated unit of AirAsia Aviation Group Limited (the aviation arm of Capital A), have signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) to explore the development of air taxi infrastructure in Malaysia.

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MAY 5, 2023

LEVC (London Electric Vehicle Company) launched its new new pure electric vehicle technology that it intends to support the company’s transformation from a taxi manufacturerto a leading provider of e-mobility solutions.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

It appears that over half of Vietnamese electric vehicle startup VinFast’s sales during the first half of 2023 were to a taxi firm that’s owned by VinGroup, the automaker’s parent company. The surges in VinFast stock have been so notable that the company briefly became the world’s third-most highly valued automaker.

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Baua Electric

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The investment is intended to support certification and commercial production of Joby’s new electric air taxis, which the two companies view as “the future of air travel.” JoeBen Bevirt, Joby’s founder and CEO, noted when announcing the deal that the investment marks “nearly seven years of collaboration” between the two companies. “The

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Tesla Model Y units are joining Uber’s premium fleet in Japan’s taxi market. Uber will operate as a hired taxi service to comply with Japan’s laws. The ride-sharing service has teamed up with local taxi company Hinomaru Kotsu. Riding a Tesla Uber would cost about 20% higher than local taxi prices.

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Electrek

JULY 12, 2024

Southwest Airlines is the latest major airline to explore the possibility of eVTOL air taxi travel and has chosen Archer Aviation’s technology to help get it there. The two companies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop a network of electric air taxi operations across multiple airports, beginning in California.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2022

Curb, a ride-hailing app for licensed taxi and for-hire rides in North America, announced the execution of a strategic partnership agreement with Uber that will enable Curb-connected drivers to receive trip requests from Uber users.

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 28, 2024

Most of the developments have been concentrated along what is now known as the “boda belt” of countries on the African map where motorcycle taxis. continued] The post More Companies In Kenya Adopting Electric Motorcycles For Deliveries appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Electrek

APRIL 25, 2022

announced it has received a license to operate its self-driving taxis in China, the first company to achieve the permit. will soon have 100 robotaxis in operation throughout Nansha, Guangzhou, charging riders fares alongside traditional taxis. Autonomous driving developer Pony.ai The post Pony.ai

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Electrek

DECEMBER 14, 2021

G7, a Paris-based taxi company that operates one of the largest Tesla taxi fleets in the world, announced that it suspended all its Model 3 taxis after a severe fatal crash that occurred last weekend.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The company also released video footage of successful first taxi tests of the aircraft, designed to evaluate ground handling qualities and the performance of the fuel-cell electric powertrain at low power settings and airspeeds.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

announced that its MEG Group, through its joint venture with iUnicorn, has finalized its first order of EV Taxis for the city of Chengdu. The EV Taxis are supplied by Geely Auto Group and the financing for the vehicles was provided locally by Sichuan Tianfu Bank Co Ltd. Ideanomics Inc.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has required Cruise to halt all operations of its driverless taxis in San Francisco after one of the company’s vehicles hit a pedestrian earlier this month. Following two Cruise accidents in the city, authorities required the company to cut its fleet in half.

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Electrek

JANUARY 9, 2024

Would you ride in Hyundai’s electric flying taxi? Hyundai’s advanced air mobility company, Supernal, unveiled its electric flying taxi at CES Tuesday. more… The post Hyundai unveils its electric air taxi at CES, which could be powered by solid-state batteries appeared first on Electrek.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 23, 2021

It was late last year when a NYC taxi fleet operator bought its first Tesla Model 3 yellow cab. The EV experiment was well-received by both the taxi drivers and their passengers. Since then, the taxi company, Drive Sally, has added four more Model 3s to the fleet. […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

London's largest private taxi company is going all electric.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2020

DeepRoute, an international self-driving vehicle technology provider, and Cao Cao Mobility, a strategically invested business of Geely Technology Group, are partnering to advance the design, development and commercialization of Cao Cao’s Level 4 autonomous robo-taxis service.

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Baua Electric

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Fresh off a $500 million investment from Toyota, eVTOL air taxi developer Joby Aviation has taken its aviation technology to Japan for the first time to demonstrate sustainable flight capabilities for its business partner, which you can view in the video below. Fuji as its backdrop.

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Electrek

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

more… The post Air taxi maker Joby gets $10M California pre-production AAM grant appeared first on Electrek. more… The post Air taxi maker Joby gets $10M California pre-production AAM grant appeared first on Electrek.

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MARCH 23, 2017

The London Taxi Company (LTC) officially opened the UK’s first car plant dedicated solely to the production of range-extended electric vehicles. The new vehicle plant in Ansty, Coventry, will build the world’s first purpose-built, mass-market electric taxi. —Carl-Peter Forster, Chairman of the London Taxi Company.

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Electric Cars Report

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

The collaboration will focus on advancing air-cargo, […] The post SkyDrive and SAI Flight Unveil Plans for Commercial Electric Air Taxi Routes in South Carolina appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 8, 2024

New campaign fully offsets the reduction in the Plug-in Taxi Grant (PiTG) which came into effect from April 2024 It is available on all new TX taxi models across all finance types offered by LEVC Financial Services with zero customer deposit and at a subsidised finance rate of 10.51% APR.

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MARCH 9, 2018

jointly with KDDI Corporation and Accenture, have developed a taxi dispatch support system that predicts demand for taxi services, combining data from taxi service logs with predictions of demographics made by location-based big data from smartphones as well as event information. Toyota Motor Corporation and JapanTaxi Co.,

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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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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2023

Earlier this month, Symbio announced a partnership with Hype, an independent pure player in hydrogen mobility, to support the quick deployment of the world’s first hydrogen taxis fleet (Crit’Air 0), suitable for the transportation of people with limited mobility.

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Teslarati

JUNE 24, 2021

Revel CEO Frank Reig called out “shortsighted bureaucracy and entrenched interests” for blocking the Tesla Model Y New York City taxi fleet that the company planned to launch. On Tuesday, the NYC TLC successfully blocked Revel from launching a Model Y taxi fleet by an overwhelming five-to-one vote. Credit: Revel.

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Electric Cars Report

MAY 24, 2023

LEVC (London Electric Vehicle Company) has announced an enhancement for its TX taxi and VN5 light van, with both vehicles benefitting from a larger and more efficient battery.

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Electrek

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The company is not only celebrating its delivery of Joby aircraft to the US Air Force, but it is also claiming to be the first company to deliver an all-electric air taxi to a customer in the entire country… and it did so ahead of schedule.

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Baua Electric

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Japan is quickly becoming a hub for eVTOL and air taxi technology. This morning, Archer Aviation announced it is the latest sustainable aviation developer to sign a deal in the region and implement aerial taxi transportation, beginning with Soracle Corporation’s purchase of up to 100 Midnight eVTOL aircraft.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2019

At CES 2019, ZF will unveil a steering-wheel- and pedal-free robo-taxi to show how its technologies enable new forms of urban mobility. Users can hail the taxi using their smartphone or tablet; the robo-taxi will maneuver autonomously to pick them up. It can then chauffeur them to where they wish to go. —Torsten Gollewski.

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