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Wisk unveils autonomous four-seat eVTOL air taxi; Generation 6

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Wisk Aero, an Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) company, revealed the first self-flying, all-electric, four-passenger vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxi. A larger passenger cabin with 4 seats and ample storage for baggage and personal carry-on items, making it one of the most versatile air taxis in the market.

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Weird Alibaba: Get a 3-person electric bike pedicab taxi for under $1,000!

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more… The post Weird Alibaba: Get a 3-person electric bike pedicab taxi for under $1,000! It’s not everyday that the odd little EVs I find for the Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week are so cool that I’m tempted to buy them myself. appeared first on Electrek.

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AlixPartners finds limited consumer willingness to pay for autonomous vehicles but enthusiasm for robo-taxis

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At the same time, the survey results also suggest enthusiasm for autonomous robot-taxis. In the US, 44% said they’d consider swapping their personal vehicle for ride-hailing under such circumstances. Americans surveyed said they’d be willing to pay just a 9% premium—or $1,868 versus $1,709.

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ARKHAUS founders venture into electric water taxis with new Miami-based service, ‘E-Lixr’

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Today, the team shared plans for a new electric water taxi service, codenamed “E-Lixr,” to help alleviate urban congestion. To alleviate some of that congestion, some bright minds in Miami have created a new electric water taxi service codenamed “E-Lixr.” In this case, those transport solutions will soon include electric water taxis.

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NYC had electric taxis in the ’90s—the 1890s, that is

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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. Nissan never did achieve a monopoly on New York taxis with the NV200.

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EGEB: American Airlines, Virgin Atlantic order e-air taxis from UK startup

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UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. more… The post EGEB: American Airlines, Virgin Atlantic order e-air taxis from UK startup appeared first on Electrek. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important to shop for the best quotes.

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Berkeley study finds self-driving electric taxi fleets in Manhattan would deliver significant cost and environmental benefits

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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 per revenue mile—an order of magnitude lower than the cost of service of present-day Manhattan taxis and $0.05–$0.08/mi

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