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How Much Are Robotaxi Utopia Promises Simply Myths?

January 12, 2025 admin 0 Comments autonomous vehicles, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Lyft, robotaxis, san francisco, tesla, Uber, waymo

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2025 04:45:47 +0000

Much of the discussion around robotaxis these days is focused on how well they work and how quickly they can scale up and reproduce. However, some of the initial premises on why robotaxis could be good and helpful have probably not gotten enough attention. Bloomberg recently interviewed former director of … [continued]

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55% of Americans Would Ride in a Tesla Robotaxi

January 11, 2025 admin 0 Comments autonomous vehicles, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Lyft, ridehailing, ridesharing, robotaxis, tesla, tesla robotaxis, Uber

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2025 18:34:45 +0000

I just wrote about interesting new research finding that 25% of Americans are completely avoiding Tesla products because of Elon Musk. It’s a big deal, whether many Tesla fans want to acknowledge it or not. In theory, that’s 1.5 million sales rather than 2 million. But that’s not what most … [continued]

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Lyft Comes Up With A Good Way To Test Self-Driving Cars

November 1, 2024 admin autonomous vehicles, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Lyft, ridesharing

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 11:22:04 +0000

A recent article at The Daily Upside tells the story of a new patent Lyft recently filed. It looks a little boring on the surface, but with a little context, it’s actually a pretty important thing. Knowing when a self-driving car is actually ready for the road is going to … [continued]

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Lyft Launches New EV Charging Program

November 17, 2023 admin California, cars, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Lyft, Oregon, Washington, west coast electric highway

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2023 00:10:24 +0000

Lyft continues its work trying to electrify its vast network of driver vehicles. Recall that the company has committed to … [continued]

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Uber & Lyft Continue To Expand EV Rideshare Availability

April 8, 2023 admin bp, clean transport, Electric vehicles, ev charging, Lyft, Uber

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2023 11:00:25 +0000

Among vehicles on the road, cars going around for hours at a time giving different people rides are among the most important. Perhaps most importantly, it helps to reduce their carbon footprint, as EVs produce fewer emissions than non-electric cars. They are also less expensive to run and maintain than traditional vehicles, resulting in cheaper […]

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NYC Wants Uber & Lyft To Be 100% Electric By 2030

February 4, 2023 admin cars, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Lyft, NYC, policy & politics, Uber

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2023 14:00:33 +0000

The City of New York will require all Uber and Lyft vehicles to be electric by 2030. The companies could get there even sooner.

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Lyft Electric Car Drivers Can Get Host Of Financial Bonuses & Discounts

December 17, 2022 admin clean transport, coil, consumer technology, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev charging stations, evgo, Lyft, smartphone apps, wallbox

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2022 04:30:31 +0000

A few years ago, you couldn’t get a Lyft (or Uber) ride in an electric car. Now there are electric cars getting added to the Lyft and Uber fleets every day. They are committed to being greener (going electric) and drivers can increasingly save money while having a sweet ride by going electric. In fact, […]

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Uber Launches Robotaxis!

December 11, 2022 admin aptiv, autonomous vehicles, cars, clean transport, consumer technology, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Hyundai, LAS VEGAS, Lyft, motional, robotaxis, smartphone apps, Uber, uber eats

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2022 23:30:39 +0000

Years after Uber founder and former CEO Travis Kalanick said Uber would buy all the robotaxis Tesla could make (it turns out the figure was zero), Uber has launched its first robotaxi for commercial use. Over in Las Vegas, Uber users can now virtually hail a full-on robotaxi. Uber’s New Robotaxi Service Who did Uber end […]

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Uber & Lyft Drivers To Get Support From New EV Charging Station In California

November 30, 2022 admin California, clean transport, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev charging stations, evgo, Lyft, Uber

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2022 07:05:05 +0000

In many ways, an EV is a great fit for rideshare and delivery driving. How do I know? I’ve done it. A few years ago, I did that in a 2018 Nissan LEAF. Gasoline can cost upwards of $1,000 monthly for a rideshare or delivery driver who stays busy, even in a hybrid. But, if […]

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Fleet Owners Just Want More EV Charging Stations, Not The Moon

July 20, 2022 admin #adt, Amazon, American Airlines, at&t, best buy, cbre, centrica, ceres, ceres corporate electric vehicle alliance, clean transport, clean trucks, clif bar, consumers energy, dhl, edison international, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev charging stations, Exelon, fleet management, genentech, heritage, hertz, ikea, jll, lease plan, lime, Lyft, merchants fleet, nafa fleet management association, national grid, otis, policy & politics, schindler, siemens, states logistics, Uber, unifi, usa, verizon

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2022 15:30:39 +0000

Fleet owners that represent more than 2.5 million vehicles on the road and claim more than $1.1 trillion in annual revenue figure they should have some say in the matter of building out the national EV charging network here in the US, and they have a lot to say. A collective of 31 leading fleets […]

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