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Competing Bills in Arizona want to address how to regulate car sharing apps that treat vehicles like AirbNB treats real property.
Elements of both bills:
Where: Boise, Idaho
How much is Boise willing to pay mass transit riders to use ride share to get to mss transit?
Are there limitations? Yes, the ride share ride must be within 2miles of certain mass transit stops
Other cities getting on board? yes, Minneapolis & Seattle
How did this start? Portland started a 4 month pilot program with scooter companies that involved data sharing. The report from the pilot program.
What did the data sharing report show?
What takeawy did Portland have? “It is better to ask permission and work with local regulators than risk being run out of a community.”
Are there examples of what happened when scooter companies didn’t ask for…
What do I need to know?
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Where it overlaps with legislative & regulatory needs: high power inductive charging for EV autos and commercial trucking. It uses high capacity charging up to 300 kW.
UK Fuel Cell company, AFC Energy, launched an of grid charging system.
This new EV charger will:
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It’s happening…
The UK has 27 feasibility studies on EV charging in commercial and public spaces.
The pluses of wireless EV charging:
As part of a $58 million rate increase by a Sonsumers Energy, Michigan Public Service Commission approved Consumers Energy’s PowerMiDrive EV.
The EV initiative will:
Massachusetts revamped its EV incentive program for 2019 by:
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Cities that implement it: Stockholm, London Singapore
Cities considering it: New York City
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Why should hybrids be banned from EV stations?
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