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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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Tesla DOES Have A Ridesharing App Already

October 28, 2024 admin autonomous vehicles, clean transport, consumer technology, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ridesharing, robotaxis, smartphone apps, tesla, tesla ridesharing, tesla robotaxis

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2024 17:34:29 +0000

Following the “We, Robot” event, I lamented that Tesla didn’t roll out the one notable thing I thought they might roll out — a ridesharing app that Tesla owners (and people needing rides) could start using before robotaxis become a thing. As I noted, the following is a screenshot of … [continued]

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The One Thing I Thought Tesla Might Release At Robotaxi Event But Didn’t

October 18, 2024 admin autonomous vehicles, clean transport, consumer technology, electric cars, Electric vehicles, elon musk, ridesharing, smartphone apps, tesla, tesla app, tesla network, tesla ride-hailing network, tesla ridesharing, tesla robotaxis

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2024 13:22:03 +0000

It was obvious that Tesla was going to show off a futuristic looking robotaxi concept or two at its 10/10 robotaxi event at a Warner Bros. fake town in Los Angeles, and I assumed there would be no big announcement about when these robotaxi concepts would be road-ready and shuttling … [continued]

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Agean Island Astypalea Is Electrifying — Nearly At 100% EV Sales, 80% Solar Electricity By 2026

June 19, 2023 admin bicycles, cars, clean power, clean transport, consumer technology, electric cars, electric ridesharing, electric scooters, Electric vehicles, ev ridesharing, Greece, islands, motorcycles + scooters, ridesharing, Solar energy, solar power plants, volkswagen (vw), volkswagen group

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2023 20:54:55 +0000

Astypalea, an island in the Agean Sea, is electrifying. Almost 100% of new car sales are now electric car sales. Additionally, 25% of the islanders now use the electric ridesharing service ASTYBUS, which allows them to rent electric cars, electric scooters, and electric bikes. A solar power plant will provide 100% of the necessary electricity […]

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1st Vehicle-to-Grid System on NYC Grid Launches

August 21, 2022 admin batteries, cars, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev charging, ev charging stations, fermata energy, grid, lithium-ion batteries, New York, NEW YORK CITY, ninedot energy, NYC, revel, ridesharing, Smart Grid, vehicle to grid

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2022 17:20:50 +0000

The first vehicle-to-grid system on NYC’s electricity grid launched this week. The system comes from a collaboration between Revel rideshare, Fermata Energy, and NineDot Energy. Revel’s rideshare system includes only fully electric cars. However, Tesla vehicles are not set up for vehicle-to-grid (V2G) service, so it’s just the rideshare network’s Nissan LEAFs that will be sending […]

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Hertz Buys 65,000 New Electric Cars From Polestar

April 4, 2022 admin cars, clean transport, electric cars, electric rental cars, Electric vehicles, hertz, polestar, rental cars, ridesharing

Credit to Author: Jo Borrás| Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2022 14:30:57 +0000

Hertz is throwing its weight around again, this time towards Polestar.

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Study: Uber & Lyft Create More Pollution In Net

March 2, 2020 admin cars, clean transport, consumer technology, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Fossil Fuels, green jobs, Lyft, polls/surveys, pollution, research, ridesharing, SCIENCE, smartphone apps, Uber

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2020 02:50:18 +0000

Uber and Lyft create more pollution than trips according to new data from a study conducted by the Union of Concerned Scientists. These trips produce an estimated 69% more carbon emissions than driving by yourself

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Taking an Uber or Lyft Might Be Worse for the Environment Than Just Driving

February 26, 2020 admin climate change, emissions, Lyft, ridesharing, Uber

Credit to Author: Alex Lubben| Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2020 17:14:44 +0000

The reason: “deadheading,” the miles that ride-sharing drivers travel between trips with passengers.

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Fees On Rideshare Services Have Provided $4.2 Million For Boston Transportation Projects

February 22, 2020 admin bicycles, Boston, clean transport, consumer technology, Lyft, Massachusetts, policy & politics, ridesharing, smartphone apps, traffic, Uber

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2020 00:40:30 +0000

Fees on rideshare services Uber and Lyft are helping local sustainable transportation projects throughout Boston. Despite these two companies’ contributions toward bad traffic in the area, both have paid millions to help with transportation initiatives