Lyft's autonomous electric vehicles.
Leading think-tanks, and research laboratories, say
. . . The heart of our transportation problem is,
. . . that personally-owned vehicles are underutilized.
. . . The average car is used only
. . . 4% of the time and for electric vehicles, it takes
. . . 10 years or more to recover the cost premium through fuel savings.
In comparison, Lyft vehicles can be used much more efficiently, utilized over
. . . 50% of the time, and payback its costs,
. . . in just a few years through operational savings,
. . . using 100% renewable energy
7-4-2017 Source: #100% renewable: autonomous vehicle
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#100% renewable: autonomous vehicle
Started by eds, Jul 04 2017 03:19 PM
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Posted 04 July 2017 - 05:56 PM
100% renewable energy to charge?
If a car is charged off the grid, not exactly 100% renewable, even with renewable power purchase agreements. Can get "net" 100%, but that still depends on conventional sources to sort of fill in the gaps when there's not enough renewables. such as windless nights.
The article linked above does mention this: "The details of just exactly how Lyft will source the renewable electricity to charge its fleets, but a wild guess is that it would happen indirectly, through renewable energy certificates (RECs)"
If a car is charged off the grid, not exactly 100% renewable, even with renewable power purchase agreements. Can get "net" 100%, but that still depends on conventional sources to sort of fill in the gaps when there's not enough renewables. such as windless nights.
The article linked above does mention this: "The details of just exactly how Lyft will source the renewable electricity to charge its fleets, but a wild guess is that it would happen indirectly, through renewable energy certificates (RECs)"
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