Revel says it will launch ‘Tesla taxis’ in spite of NYC ban
NY Post
The battle over putting Tesla taxis on the streets of New York is kicking into high gear.
Electric transportation startup Revel said late Wednesday it will launch its all-Tesla ride-share service soon — despite the fact that the city’s Taxi and Limousine Commission voted this week to bar new for-hire licenses for electric vehicles. “You can’t stop the future and you definitely can’t stop my team,” said Revel CEO Frank Reig in a late-night Tweet on Wednesday. “We’ll be launching shortly and I can’t wait to show New Yorkers the future of rideshare!”
The killing of Iran’s tyrannical Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Saturday in an unprecedented joint military attack by the US and Israel called Operation Epic Fury set off widespread celebrations from Iranians around the world — as President Trump said it would give them their “greatest chance” to “take back the country.” Meanwhile, in Iran, a lack of internet has made it impossible for Iranians to easily communicate daily conditions. Over a period of three days, with limited VPN connection, an eyewitness currently in Tehran — who, for her safety, is concealing her identity — shared her account of life under a country in the midst of battle with The Post’s Natasha Pearlman.
After exactly 120 years, the curtain has fallen on the Theater District institution Barbetta, with the iconic Italian restaurant having served its final course Friday night.