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Lyft is the latest car-sharing company to sign onto an effort to make ride sharing cars more efficient. The post-millennial taxi service announced that it plans to introduce "thousands" of electric cars onto its platform and make it easy for riders to choose them using a new "Green Mode" in the Lyft app. "These efforts will provide cleaner transportation options for Lyft riders, and increase net earnings for our driver community. Once adopted widely, EVs hold the promise of making cities more livable by dramatically reducing air pollution," the company said in a blog post Wednesday. READ...
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Tesla Autopilot navigation, wacky weather, and Best Car To Buy: Today's Car NewsTesla's new Navigate on Autopilot gets its first test. A new study links summer's wacky weather to climate change. We consider which electric car is the Best Car To Buy for 2019. And we ask you to weigh in. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Consumer Reports gives Tesla's latest self-driving...
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Volkswagen Moia electric mobility van is VW's Uber ride-sharing rival
Every automaker has its niche. Mazda builds a brilliant (and efficient) sports car in the MX-5 Miata. Toyota pioneered the mass production of hybrid-electric vehicles 20 years ago with its Prius. The Tesla Model S made battery-electric vehicles exciting and desirable. And Volkswagen has diesel...
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Uber to go all electric or hybrid in London by 2020, ban diesels, add clean-air fee to rides
Uber has announced it will require its 40,000 drivers in London to switch to hybrid or fully electric cars, and ban diesel vehicles from its fleet, by the end of 2019. By the end of 2021, it will extend that policy throughout the United Kingdom, where it presently operates in 40 cities. Uber said...
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Uber urges Portland drivers to lease electric cars
In the wake of numerous recent PR setbacks, Uber may be able to help clean up its image with the launch of the Uber EV initiative in Portland, which supports the city’s green vision for the future. When you think of electric mobility, California might be the first state to come to...
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Lyft ridesharing service, part-owned by GM, said to raise half a billion dollars more
Lyft has reportedly raised a new round of funding to support its on-demand ride hailing service. It’s believed that investors have put $500 million more into the company’s coffers, probably invigorated by its recent market growth and Uber’s stumbles. A Lyft spokesperson declined...
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Tesla indicated it will launch a sharing service called Tesla Network next year.
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Uber logs another mass-transit win, this time in New Jersey
A New Jersey town will subsidize Uber rides to free up parking spaces.
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Lyft drivers to get bulk of early 2017 Chevy Bolt EV electric cars? Updated report
The first 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV electric cars will go to Lyft drivers.
Stephen Edelstein -
Reactions to Tesla Motors' master plan are mixed
Analysts react to the second Tesla Motors "master plan" released last week.
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Your grandchildren won't fill their tanks—or even own cars: report
Electric cars will enable autonomous driving and sharing services, a new report says.
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Chevy Bolt EV electric car to be GM-Lyft self-driving car testbed
It's the season of autonomous-car announcements, apparently. This week Google and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles announced that the Silicon Valley giant would use the Detroit automaker's 2017 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivans for its self-driving car research. Now, General Motors has said that the Lyft...
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A Los Angeles teenager starts a ride-sharing service to pay for his Tesla Model S.
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Uber CEO To Tesla: Sell Me Half A Million Autonomous Electric Cars In 2020
Uber is reportedly interested in Tesla autonomous-car development.
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Which City Wants To Make Privately-Owned Cars Obsolete?
Helsinki plans to eliminate private cars with well-coordinated public transportation options.
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UberPool, Lyft Line Carpool Apps: More People, Same Number Of Cars?
Lyft and Uber both plan to put multiple customers in the same car.
Stephen Edelstein -
CA Tesla Owner Calculates That UberX Is Cheaper Than Electric Car
One owner calculates that he's saving money by leaving his Tesla Roadster parked.
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Google Gets Chevy Spark EV Electric Cars For Ride-Sharing Test
GM will test a ride-sharing program on the Google campus using Chevrolet Spark EV electric cars.
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Ridesharing is now legal in California. The state has created a new set of regulations for this alternative transportation system.
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