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Tesla Model Y taxi fleet from Revel set for NYC launch after regulatory mix up

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Revel, a New York City-based ridesharing company, will launch its fleet of Tesla Model Y taxis in the Big Apple in early August after a mix-up with NYC’s regulatory agency, the Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC). A Giant Game of Telephone: The Revel Tesla Model Y Taxi Situation Explained.

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Polaris to buy Global Electric Motorcars LLC (GEM) from Chrysler

Green Car Congress

GEM cars are used by local, state and national government agencies, resorts, master-planned communities, universities, medical and corporate campuses, as well as by sports teams, taxi-shuttle services and individual consumers. The six GEM passenger and utility models are legal on most streets with posted speeds of 35 mph or less.

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

Charged EVs

We could take an Oslo taxi and charge it in a bus terminal in Wenatchee, Washington or vice versa. And the more they do that, the vehicles are actually not road-legal—they’re violating the axle weight limits. In our Gothenburg and Oslo taxi projects, the chargers are at the taxi stands. John Holland: Yes.

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In the Caribbean, EVs leave ICE vehicles behind

Electric Auto Association

I was at a trade fair and I saw this little neighborhood electric vehicle (NEV). 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 Our house was very popular because we always had hot showers and cold beer.”

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Bans, Fees, Taxes. Can Anything Stop Overtourism?

Baua Electric

And in South Korea, authorities have imposed a curfew in a historic neighborhood of Seoul to dampen tourist excesses. The measure, which some experts correlate to 2024s 7 percent increase in hotel rates over the previous year, has sent tourists to surrounding areas where the rentals are legal. Will regulations work? million in 2025.

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Mayor of London backs diesel car scrappage scheme; London ranked 9th best world city in new air quality study

Green Car Congress

It is key part of his newly published Transport Emission Road Map which sets out how London could meet EU legal limits by 2020—more than ten years ahead of the current Government projections for compliance—as long as the European Commission and Government commit to match the Mayor’s policies.

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Driving Dystopia: New York Officially Becomes First U.S. City With Congestion Fees

The Truth About Cars

The cameras are now active and the fines are legally in effect to help combat a problem that were arguably the city's own making. Taxi cabs (including Uber and Lyft vehicles) are afforded major discounts since theyll be crossing in and out of the affected zone throughout the day. The rates are $9.00

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