Teslarati

AUGUST 27, 2024

Tesla has spent $18 million to expand its Supercharging presence in New York City as it acquired a lot in the borough of Queens on August 16. Perhaps one of the most difficult parts of being an electric vehicle owner in New York City is the fact that charging is in short supply, leading to a problematic ownership experience.

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Electrek

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Joby Aviation – one of the leading eVTOL developers right now, has taken to the skies of New York City for the first time ever, teasing a not-so-distant future in which it intends to begin commercial air taxi operations in the urban area and beyond. Getting to the airport may just get a lot easier… and quieter.

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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.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 5, 2024

New York City's iconic fleet of taxis once included some EVs—but you have to look back more than a century to find them. As National Geographic explains in a recent article, electric taxis had a brief moment of popularity in the city in the 1890s. It's an important.

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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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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

As part of his 2013 State of the City address, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg outlined plans for a major increase in parking and charging options for electric vehicles. Bloomberg also said that this summer the city will launch the largest bike share program in the country.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

If you want to change things in New York City, it pays to take the long view. So a recent bill introduced by two New York City Councilmembers can be viewed as the latest step in a long dance toward a big benefit for all New Yorkers.

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

On the people moving front, Revel has purchased 700 Teslas and converted them to taxis to drive around New York City by its employees. On a recent trip to New York City, I noticed Revel’s fleet of bright blue electric […]

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

continued] The post 1st Electric VTOL Aircraft To Fly Over New York City appeared first on CleanTechnica. I just wrote the other day about the first electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft to fly in Florida.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 18, 2024

Tesla is combatting Uber and Lyft congestion at its Superchargers in New York City with Supercharger fees after the ride-sharing services have backed up EV chargers. Revel has been expanding its network of EV chargers throughout New York City and plans to open more stations this year.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 24, 2013

Within a few weeks, a handful of New Yorkers each day will ride in a new kind of taxi: an all-electric Nissan Leaf. On Monday, to celebrate Earth Day, New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg joined with Nissan officials to announce that six Nissan Leaf taxis would go into service this spring.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 25, 2021

All over social media, I’m seeing electric vehicle enthusiasts call out New York’s Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) for a recent vote, which they say bans electric vehicles from working as taxis. It’s still possible to operate an electric taxi in New York City.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

If you''re driving into rural areas to spend time with nature, there''s nothing more noticeable than a bright yellow New York City taxi cab to do it in. Another outlet had.'

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 28, 2011

With good reason, it's often said that the toughest auto endurance testing in the world is in taxi duty on the streets of New York City (and Jakarta, and Beijing, and Rio).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2018

Using models they built and data from more than 10 million taxi trips in New York City, they found that the cost of service provided by a fleet of shared automated electric vehicles (SAEVs) would be $0.29-$0.61 We suspected you wouldn’t need as much for taxis. The standard now is 200 miles. Bauer, Jeffery B.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 31, 2013

There can be few tougher tests for a car than as a taxi in New York City. Tough roads and even tougher traffic makes the city a workout for any vehicle, but one cabby is enjoying the Nissan Leaf he''s driving as part of the city''s electric vehicle trials.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Archer Aviation and United Airlines (NASDAQ: UAL) announced their first airport-to-city-center route between United’s hub at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) and New York City.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 25, 2011

If you want to wring out your new car and test exactly how durable it is, never mind taking it to Death Valley or testing above the Arctic Circle. Just put it in service as a street taxi in any big city. New York City, maybe, or San Francisco.

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Electrek

JUNE 23, 2021

Revel’s planned fleet of 50 Tesla Model Y taxis in New York City was shut down by the Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC), and the reasons they gave are sketchy, to say the least. more… The post Fleet of 50 Tesla taxis gets shut down in NYC for some sketchy reasons appeared first on Electrek.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Researchers at MIT, Cornell University, and the Italian National Research Council’s Institute for Informatics and Telematics have devised a framework—the “shareability network”—to enable the systematic analysis of the tradeoff between collective benefits of sharing taxi services and individual passenger discomfort.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 3, 2019

New York City's efforts a decade ago to clean up pollution from old taxi models has worked—mostly—a new study shows.

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The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 7, 2023

On Thursday, New York City officials announced a plan that would require drivers to pay $15 (on average) to enter Manhattan. The scheme is similar to the “congestion charging” that takes place in some of Europe’s largest cities and would make New York the first American locale to enact the concept.

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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.

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InsideEVs

JANUARY 22, 2024

Half a dozen Tesla taxi drivers told InsideEVs they regularly lose two hours of business due to long lines at a Brooklyn Supercharger.

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Teslarati

MAY 6, 2021

Tesla Model Y yellow cabs may be cruising through New York City (NYC) streets soon, thanks to Gravity’s efforts. The NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) recently approved its pilot program to introduce more battery electric vehicles (BEVs) to the yellow taxi industry. Credit: Gravity ).

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Teslarati

JULY 26, 2021

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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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 17, 2014

Today on Green Car Reports: New York City issues a road map for electrifying one-third of its taxi fleet, detailed pricing information the 2015 Audi A3 sedan is released, and Nissan''s design director discusses future electric-car plans. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2017

A new modeling study by a team from MIT CSAIL (Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory) and Cornell suggests that using ride-sharing from companies like Uber and Lyft theoretically could reduce the number of taxis on the road in New York City by 75% without significantly impacting travel time.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 4, 2017

taxi drivers. In some cities, you're just as likely to find Transit Connect taxis plying the streets as traditional sedans—especially in taxi-rich New York City. But now Ford plans to put a new—and greener—spin on this workaday vehicle. DON'T MISS: Ford plans.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 17, 2014

The electrification of New York City streets is continuing. In addition to passing legislation that will make 20 percent of new parking spaces electric-car ready, the city government would like to make one third of New York taxicabs electric by 2020. Mayor Michael R.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Electrify America also will continue to invest in these Cycle 1 metros: Boston, Chicago, Denver, Miami, New York City, Philadelphia, Portland, Seattle and Washington, DC. Bridgeport (CT) for the New York City market.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 9, 2013

The power to contract and compel medallion owners to purchase the Nissan NV200 from Nissan for 10 years does not exist in the City Charter. And with that sentence, Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Schlomo Hagler ruled yesterday that New York City''s plan to standardize its 14,000 medallion taxis is unlawful.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2012

The Nissan NV200 is a new-generation compact commercial vehicle suited to a wide variety of driving situations for customers around the world. It was chosen as the base vehicle for New York’s Taxi of Tomorrow—the exclusive taxi of New York City.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 11, 2012

The vehicle in the photos is blue, but imagine it in New York City taxicab yellow, complete with a black checkboard stripe and mismatched fonts in the logo. The Nissan e-NV 200 Concept electric minivan shown here could well be NYC's next taxi sometime toward the end of the decade.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 24, 2013

Politics in New York City are a tough, bruising game. Pit a billionaire Mayor with a desire to make the city work better and cut carbon emissions against the entrenched interests of taxi owners, and you get an ongoing battle.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

Plans are being made to use the e-NV200 for smart transportation in Barcelona, such as for taxis. Along with this, preparations are in process to install a quick charger network and dedicated EV parking areas to support the taxis. The e-NV200 will be on display as a reference exhibit at Nissan booth’s for the 2013 Tokyo Motor Show.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

East coast copes with the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, and New York City breathes life back into its flooded 105-year old subway system, public transit is currently in short supply. News images of huge queues for gas, people queuing around the block for buses and tens of thousands walking to work illustrate the mayhem.

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