Urban Mobility
Seventy new licenses have been assigned for electric taxis in Florence – 96% of them for Nissan LEAF FLORENCE, Italy – With more zero emission cars on the road, Florence is shaping up to be one of the most advanced Smart Cities in Italy. Last year, the municipality of Florence called a tender notice that involved 70 new electric taxi licenses,
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Going Green Langkawi, a popular tourist destination off Malaysia’s northwest coast, is set to welcome a fleet of electric vehicles (EVs) as taxis on its roads with the first electric taxi expected to begin rolling by year-end. Sources familiar with the matter says the fleet is expected to number around 40 EVs, which will be operated by local taxi drivers.
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Governments around the Asia region are driving electric-mobility initiatives to reduce reliance on fossil fuel and air pollution. In Beijing, the government aims to gradually begin replacing the 67,000 petrol-powered taxis on the capital’s roads starting this year. Meantime, Singapore launched the biggest electric taxi fleet in South East Asia, with the nation’s only electric taxi operator quadrupling its fleet of
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The recent introduction of 100 electric taxis in Singapore, forming the biggest electric-taxi fleet in Asia represents the largest investment of its kind by a Chinese electric car manufacturer BYD, a Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway backed company. Read BYD Launches Biggest Electric Taxi Fleet in Southeast Asia This is not the first venture invested by BYD to introduce electric taxis or sustainable
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Geely’s London Taxi Company wants to lead the charge to sustainable urban mobility – and towards the end of this year will release the world’s first zero emission capable purpose-built taxi on to the streets of the UK and Europe. The London Taxi Company (LTC) today announced the official opening of the UK’s first car plant dedicated solely to the production of
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Renewable energy technology company BYD has introduced 100 electric taxis in Singapore, forming the biggest electric-taxi fleet in South East Asia. The commercial introduction of the pure electric e6 cars also represents the largest investment of its kind by a Chinese electric car manufacturer. This latest injection of electric taxis into Singapore’s transport network was launched amidst much fanfare from
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Beijing is aiming to gradually replace its 67,000 petrol-powered taxis with greener new energy vehicles to help reduce air pollution starting from this year, according to China.org.cn. The plan is contained in a discussion document on preventing and solving air pollution problems in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region and neighboring provinces, which was issued on February 14. All petrol-and diesel-powered taxis being
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PRNewswire/ — With environmental pollution as a typical issue worldwide, China, now the largest developing country in the world, has introduced several powerful measures to address the challenge of air pollution. The measures include a plan of promoting the use of electric taxis, to reduce exhaust pollution. New energy automaker BAIC BJEV, a subsidiary of Beijing Automotive Group (BAIC Group),a company that ranks
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