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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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Uber & WeRide Launch Robotaxis in Abu Dhabi

December 10, 2024 admin Abu Dhabi, AI, autonomous vehicles, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, robotaxis, UAE, Uber, weride

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2024 04:24:36 +0000

Having gone to Abu Dhabi several times for cleantech conferences, I could see that UAE leaders were very keen on futuristic tech and very keen on superlatives — the biggest, the first, the tallest, the fastest, etc. So, I knew it would be quick to deploy robotaxis. Today, the capital … [continued]

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Waymo Getting Ready for Big Growth Spurt

October 29, 2024 admin autonomous vehicles, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Uber, waymo, waymo driver, waymo one

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2024 03:51:21 +0000

Waymo continues to be out in front as a clear robotaxi leader. Today, the news from the company is that it has raised another $5.6 billion. That will carry the company quite far. Furthermore, the latest financing round was oversubscribed. The investment round was led by Alphabet, and included participation … [continued]

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Uber & Waymo Expand Partnership to Bring Autonomous Ride-Hailing to Austin & Atlanta

September 18, 2024 admin ATLANTA, AUSTIN, autonomous vehicles, clean transport, consumer technology, Electric vehicles, Georgia, robotaxis, texas, Uber, waymo

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2024 15:20:29 +0000

Regular crashes, injuries, and even fatalities plague the traffic sector, highlighting the potential benefits of self-driving cars. When my daughters and I decided to take a Waymo to get to the museum across the city from us in San Francisco, we had no idea how safe we would or wouldn’t … [continued]

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The Self-Driving Startup Everyone Forgot About: “We’ve actually dramatically accelerated our autonomy progress.”

August 14, 2024 admin autonomous vehicles, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, nuro, Uber, uber eats

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2024 02:43:51 +0000

Waymo, Cruise, Tesla, Baidu, Zoox — there are a handful of companies that get quite a big bulk of the attention when it comes to self-driving vehicle development. However, there’s another company that has been progressing nicely and often goes under the radar (no pun intended). That would be Nuro. … [continued]

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Uber & BYD Plan To Put 100,000 Electric Cars On The Road — But Not In The US

August 6, 2024 admin autonomous vehicles, byd, clean transport, electric ride share car, Electric vehicles, Uber

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sat, 03 Aug 2024 14:50:23 +0000

Uber and BYD say they will add 100,000 electric cars to the Uber ride-hailing fleet in countries around the world — but not in the US.

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130 Wendy’s Get Community Solar, Electric Trucks for McDonald’s, Specs of New ID. Buzz GTX & ID. Buzz LWB, & More Cleantech News

July 4, 2024 admin batteries, clean power, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev charging, ev charging stations, fiat, fiat 500e, green economy, investment, levc, lithium-ion batteries, Manufacturing, mass transit / public transit, McDonalds, polestar, press releases, rivian, Solar energy, Uber, uk, Volkswagen, volkswagen id buzz, volvo, volvo trucks, wind energy

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2024 20:47:36 +0000

It’s encouraging to learn that established brands, like McDonald’s, are investing in electric trucks and solar power. This week’s headlines also include Wendy’s 130 solar-enabled restaurants, new electric vehicles in the UK, a huge distributed solar initiative in New York, and much more. Read on for the news. Electric Vehicles … [continued]

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Former Uber Boss: Robotaxis Too Expensive, Not Replacing Human Drivers Anytime Soon — Is That True?

June 29, 2024 admin autonomous vehicles, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, robotaxis, Uber, waymo

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2024 18:50:53 +0000

To be fair, this is not a new take on the potential “robotaxi revolution.” Robotaxi tech has been expensive for as long as robotaxis have been in development. That is one of the reasons robotaxis aren’t all over the place already. But I was curious to run some numbers after … [continued]

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Ride-Share Competitors Revel & Uber Ink Deal for EV Fast Charging Infrastructure Expansion

March 18, 2024 admin clean transport, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev charging infrastructure, ev charging stations, ev rideshare, revel, Uber, uber evs, US

Credit to Author: Chris Boylan| Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2024 18:40:27 +0000

100% electric ride-share startup Revel recently announced a partnership with rideshare giant (and competitor) Uber to help accelerate EV infrastructure expansion in the United States. While Revel continues to grow its own fleet of EVs for ride-sharing in New York City, the company is also building out a network of … [continued]

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