WORLDWIDE TAXI FOCUS from Denmark
TAXI CHARGING HUB ACCELERATES DIESEL TAXI PHASE-OUT IN COPENHAGEN
On May 11 charging operator E.ON, and taxi company Dan- taxi opened the largest taxi charging hub in the Nordics. Danhub, powered by E.ON enables up to 400 taxis to charge every day, covering a large share of the current need in Copenhagen. Danhub means easier access to electric taxis, and the new charging facility is a big step towards phasing out Copenhagen’s approximately 1,700 diesel taxis as early as 2025. Most of the city’s current approximately 300 electric taxis are a part of Dantaxi, and for the drivers, the problem of find- ing an available charging station has grown so big that the capacity of the zero-emission vehicles cannot be fully utilised” says Dantaxi’s commercial director, Vibeke Wolfs- berg, who has high hopes for the partnership with E.ON, which she thinks will benefit the city’s inhabitants. She said: “Our taxis often drive around for too long without being able to find an available charging station. This affects the customers and also the owners of private EVs who find that the electric taxis take up too many public charging sta- tions. The partnership will benefit the people of Copenhagen, the local community, and the taxi drivers.” Vibeke Wolfsberg estimates that the Danhub concept will lead to a boost in the number of electric taxis in the Danish capital, and she expects that Dantaxi will retire their last diesel car in Copenhagen as early as 2025.
from Norway
TOYOTA TO DELIVER 100 HYDROGEN TAXIS IN OSLO BY 2022
100 hydrogen-powered Toyota Mirai taxis are set to hit the roads of Oslo by the end 2022. According to H2 Fuel, Everfuel has teamed up with Cabon- line, the largest taxi operator in the Nordic region, and
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Toyota Norge for the effort that will further develop the hydrogen-powered taxi market in the region. Under the agreement, agreed on 19 May, Cabonline will pro- vide its taxi licence holders with incentives to use hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. Further to that, Toyota will offer new hydrogen fuelled Toyota Mirai to taxi licence holders, initially in Oslo and then in the larger Norwegian cities as Everfuel’s hydrogen station network is estab- lished. The partnership has said that each taxi will be refuelled with green hydrogen, and licence holders who take part in the roll-out will benefit from discounted prices of hydrogen fuel at Everfuel’s stations. Dag Kibsgaard-Petersen, CEO of Cabonline Group, said: “Hydrogen taxis have the advantage of being zero-emission and the fuel tank can be filled in three minutes. “This has been demonstrated with great success in Paris and I believe that through this collaboration, we will make hydro- gen technology available and competitive. “The City of Oslo wants 20% of a total of 2,500 taxis in Oslo to use hydrogen. We will be able to deliver on that if Enova can contribute by providing the necessary support to the taxi owners who are first to lead the way.”
from Antigua
ANTIGUAN CABBIES TO WEAR BADGES TO SHOW THEY HAVE BEEN VACCINATED
As a response to being asked by passengers entering their vehicles if they have been vaccinated, cabbies in Antigua will wear badges and lapel identification to identify them as a person who has been vaccinated. Antigus Newsroom reports that three leadership representa- tives of taxi organisations from the airport, Heritage Quay, and St. John’s were invited to a cabinet meeting where it was decided in order to forestall that questioning and to bring credibility to the answer, vaccination badges would be the solution. Justification for the decision was given that these steps are being taken to stop the spread of the virus, to get Antigua and Barbuda into the green zone (as described by the British Government) with other Caribbean countries competing for tourists, and to ensure that the state can be moved to a safe place (Category 1 on the US-CDC list of countries), and to meet reasonable criteria for passengers when returning to their home countries after a leisure visit to Antigua and Barbuda.
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