Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2013

Ford Motor Company has added Hong Kong to the list of global cities served by its Transit Connect Taxi, among them New York City, Chicago, Miami and Los Angeles. The Transit Connect Taxi Ford unveiled in Hong Kong comes equipped with a Ford-engineered, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) fuel system. cubic feet (1.7

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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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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

Eco City Vehicles PLC (ECV), a developer and supplier of eco-friendly commercial vehicles and the London licensed taxi, launched an all-electric prototype of the London-licensed Mercedes Vito taxi, developed by a consortium of companies including ECV’s manufacturing partner Penso, Mercedes Benz UK and Zytek Automotive. million (US$3.9-million)

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Green Car Congress

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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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

At the same time, the survey results also suggest enthusiasm for autonomous robot-taxis. —Mark Wakefield, global co-leader of the automotive and industrial practice at AlixPartners. Americans surveyed said they’d be willing to pay just a 9% premium—or $1,868 versus $1,709. —Mark Wakefield.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2012

The 2014 Nissan NV200 Taxi, New York’s Taxi of Tomorrow, will make its global debut tonight at a special event in SoHo with Nissan President and CEO Carlos Ghosn and New York City Mayor Michael R. The new taxi is powered by a proven 2.0L The new taxi is powered by a proven 2.0L Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2019

Continental technologies such as ABS, radar and redundant brake system are being used in series production for robo-taxis for first time. Continental’s braking portfolio includes suitable technologies for robo-taxis, such as the MK C1 one-box brake system. Continental has held a stake in this driverless vehicle manufacturer since 2017.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2013

The agreement marks the selection of EGTS International’s Electric Green Taxiing System to be evaluated as a new option on the A320 Family—referred to by Airbus as eTaxi. Taxiing-related carbon and nitrous oxide emissions would be cut by more than half. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 15, 2015

the operator and developer of KuaiDi Dache, a leading mobile taxi booking app provider in China, SoftBank Internet and Media, Inc. Launched in 2012, KuaiDi Dache has grown to become one of the leading and most widely used mobile taxi booking app providers in China. Travice Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2012

The global market for light-duty (LD) natural gas vehicles (NGVs)—including passenger cars, light-duty trucks and commercial vehicles—will experience a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.2% The global market for LD NGVs varies significantly depending on the region and country. between 2012 and 2019, reaching 3.2

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Green Car Congress

JULY 4, 2011

will begin global proving tests this month of an electric vehicle (EV) based on the compact commercial vehicle NV200. The NV200 was recently chosen as the next generation New York taxi ( earlier post ), with the prospects for an electric version beginning in 2017. Nissan Motor Co., For the first phase, the Japan Post Service Co.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2020

Mahindra & Mahindra and REE Automotive signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to explore development and manufacturing of electric commercial vehicles for global markets. Production would be scaled further to support additional volume in the global as well as Indian market. Preventive maintenance AI. OTA updates.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

have established a partnership to provide platform services for the taxi industry. The partnership will utilize DiDi’s advanced AI technologies to build ride-hailing platforms to enhance efficiency for both taxi operators and drivers. In 2017, taxi drivers completed 1.1 In 2017, taxi drivers completed 1.1

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2017

In Japan, Toyota Motor Corporation and KDDI Corporation, together with the Tokyo Hire-Taxi Association (THTA), have begun verification testing on data collection for making connected taxis a reality. THTA will select the 500 taxis to be used in the verification testing and coordinate with taxi business operators.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2011

Together we are now entering a joint development phase, bringing fuel cell research activities for our industry on a global level and shape the future of the next generation of eco-efficient airplanes. Autonomous taxiing. —Axel Krein, Senior Vice President Research & Technology at Airbus.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2015

Toyota plans to launch a new taxi for the Japanese market before April 2018, and is currently working on developing an updated version of its JPN Taxi Concept, which made its global debut at the 2013 Tokyo Motor Show. The updated model will be shown at the 2015 Tokyo Motor Show through a promotional video.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2020

Hyundai Motor Company will establish a Hyundai Mobility Global Innovation Center in Singapore (HMGICs) to accelerate its innovation efforts, with support from the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB). HMGICs will become Hyundai’s global open innovation hub. It also will help define the future business direction for the company.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

A new white paper published by the Argonne National Laboratory Collaborative Center for Energy Storage Science (ACCESS) outlines a clear set of battery requirements and research and development needs to accelerate the commercialization of electric propulsion for aviation—from air taxis in the near term to 737 class aircraft in the long term.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2014

The value of the global three-wheeler market will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 13% during 2014-19, according to a recently published report by TechSci Research, “Global Three Wheeler Market Forecast and Opportunities, 2019”. cannot effectively penetrate.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2018

Voyage, a startup in the autonomous taxi space, entered into a long-term strategic partnership with Renovo, a mobility technology company, to license Renovo’s AWare OS for use across its global fleet of automated vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2021

CAE, a global leader in aviation training, and urban air mobility (UAM) company Volocopter signed a strategic partnership, subject to definitive agreement, to develop, certify, and deploy an innovative pilot training program for electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) operations. © Volocopter.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2011

will acquire low-speed electric vehicle manufacturer Global Electric Motorcars LLC (GEM), a wholly-owned Fargo, N.D.-based The GEM e2 two-passenger vehicle features six 12-volt flooded electrolyte batteries and a range of up to 35 miles on a charge. Click to enlarge. Polaris Industries Inc. based subsidiary of Chrysler Group LLC.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2019

Globally, BYD’s pure electric buses, taxi, and other vehicles have spread to more than 300 cities, in more than 50 countries and regions. The first 100 BYD buses were delivered to Santiago in December 2018.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2023

As of July 2023, BYD’s global new energy vehicle sales have soared beyond 4.8 BYD has been actively expanding its global presence since 2010, strategically introducing new energy buses and taxis for public transit electrification. The momentum continued in 2023, as the company reached a cumulative sales volume of 1.5

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Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2016

Nissan and La Ciudad del Taxi have announced the world’s largest 100% electric taxi fleet deal that will see 110 Nissan LEAF 30 kWh vehicles providing taxi services in Madrid. The Nissan LEAF has sold more than 220,000 units sold globally. Taxi Eléctrico provides all its users with: Trips in 100% electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Another fleet operator to take advantage of ENSO’s tires is Zeti , which has begun fitting ENSO’s range-extending ‘A’-rated tire for electric taxis, to more than 100 of its LEVC TX London black cabs. Taxi drivers using the Enso tires will pay no up-front costs but instead pay a subscription fee of around one pence per mile.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2016

Green bonds—the funds from which are exclusively applied to finance new and existing green infrastructure projects—were developed as a new investment channel in 2007, with the first few issuances by multilateral development banks, and have grown rapidly in the global market. million (US$25.4 million (US$67.5-million)

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2020

Uber and Hyundai Motor Company announced a new partnership to develop Uber Air Taxis for a future aerial ride share network and unveiled a new full-scale aircraft concept at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Hyundai is our first vehicle partner with experience of manufacturing passenger cars on a global scale.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Daimler’s integrated mobility service company moovel GmbH ( earlier post ) has acquired a 100% holding in Intelligent Apps GmbH, the operator of the popular mytaxi taxi booking app. Launched in 2009, mytaxi is the world’s first app to enable direct connections between taxi users and taxi drivers.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

ABI Research forecasts that global driverless vehicle shipments will increase from 1.1 million in 2024 to more than 42 million in 2035, with an installed driverless vehicle base reaching 176 million.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2014

The Nissan plant in Barcelona will be the global production site for this vehicle, which will be available as a light commercial van, passenger vehicle and electric taxi. Barcelona will be the first city in the world to introduce the e-NV200 as a 100% electric taxi.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2014

HubCab tracks more than 150 million taxi rides in New York City over the course of a year. MIT researchers say HubCab technology could not only save people money and time, but allow users to better plan their taxi rides around the city, potentially reducing the number of trips by 40%.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2020

The Piper M-class six-seat plane completed taxi, take-off, a full pattern circuit, and landing. In September 2020, ZeroAvia achieved a major technological breakthrough by completing the world’s first hydrogen fuel cell powered flight of a commercial-size aircraft, which took off from Cranfield Airport.

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Electrek

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The planned global introduction of air taxi services next year during the Paris Summer Olympics already risks being grounded after city authorities from across party lines joined up this week to lavishly dump on what elsewhere in France and the world has been the tech’s much-ballyhooed debut.

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Electrek

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Young electric water taxi service E-lixr is pivoting its previous business strategy to become the USs first operator of all-electric vessels. It now seeks to support new and existing marine fleet operators with a unified platform.

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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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Electrek

MARCH 23, 2023

Leading global airline company United Airlines is set to launch the first electric air taxi route in Chicago in collaboration with Archer Aviation using Archer’s electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.

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