Tag: taxi
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Robotaxis: The revolutionary mobility choice of the future
Every 24 seconds, one person dies in a road accident, according to United Nations (un.org) in its road safety fact sheet published in 2021. It is also stated that more than 90 per cent of car accidents occur due to human errors. Transportation accounted for 37 per cent of CO2 emissions from end‐use sectors in…
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Pony.ai becomes ‘first’ autonomous driving company to receive taxi license in China
Pony.ai, an autonomous driving technology company, claims it has become the “first and only autonomous driving company to obtain a taxi license in China”. Pony.ai was awarded a permit to operate 100 autonomous vehicles as traditional taxis in Nansha, Guangzhou. In May, Pony.ai will start charging fares in the entire 800 square kilometers of Nansha…
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Air taxi winners: Watch orders not investment, says IDTechEx
Air taxi operators are unfazed by the 200 or so organizations designing vertical take-off electric aircraft. The IDTechEx report with the big picture is, Manned Electric Aircraft: Smart City and Regional 2021-2041. Air taxi operators have placed large orders with a company that models itself on Tesla, entirely making born-electric, conventional take-off, fixed-wing aircraft. Using…
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AutoX launches driverless taxi service in China
Driverless car startup AutoX has launched its RoboTaxi ride-hailing service in Shanghai, China to the general public for the first time, marking a transit milestone for China’s largest city. AutoX RoboTaxis can be booked through Alibaba’s AutoNavi smartphone app, similar to other ride-hailing services. AutoX, which has raised at least $160 million to date, according…
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Robo taxis to accelerate autonomous public transportation
The race to advance and autonomous mobility and transportation is heating up. In recent years, the world has witnessed a revolution in the taxi industry with the emergence of ride-booking applications. Following the trend, various existing firms have updated their offerings by presenting new taxi booking applications. However, this hasn’t been enough for them. The…
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Hanwha Systems gearing up to enter air taxi market
Hanwha Systems is making a $25 million investment in US air taxi startup Overair, and has received approval from the relevant authorities for the move. Hanwha Systems and Overair research and development are planning to co-develop and bring the “Butterfly” to the US air-taxi market by the year 2025. In early December of 2019, Youn-Chul…
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Lilium launches air taxi. Flying cars could take to the skies next
Flying cars have been around a long time, but only as test vehicles, often engineered and built by tinkerers who may have been seen as somewhat eccentric for even dreaming up such a machine. But in the past couple of years, these “eccentric tinkerers” have been usurped by corporate bigwigs who maybe see a big…
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ZMP partners with Tokyo taxi operator to launch self-driving cabs for 2020 Olympics
Japanese robotics maker ZMP has partnered with a taxi operator in Tokyo, as part of its plans to launch a self-driving taxi in the city in time for the 2020 Olympics, said CEO Hisashi Taniguchi. Japan’s taxi industry, faced with a labour crunch due to an ageing population, has been looking at new technologies to…
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nuTonomy raises $16m funding to develop self-driving car software
Startup company nuTonomy has raised $16 million is initial funding and plans to offer world’s first fully autonomous taxi service in 2018. nuTonomy, a developer of software for self-driving cars, says it has completed its $16m Series A funding led by Highland Capital Partners. The funding included significant participation from prior investors Fontinalis Partners and Signal Ventures. In Singapore,…