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"Hype, the Paris-based company that operates’s the world’s biggest fleet of
hydrogen taxis, has reportedly dumped the technology and pivoted to all
electric cars, taking a swipe at the fossil fuel oligopoly on its way out.
Hype, which some might say was appropriately named, was launched with great
fanfare in Paris in 2015 when the French capital hosted the UN climate talks
that agreed on a treaty aiming to limit average global warming to as close to
1.5C as could be managed.
The company was the official taxi operator for last year’s Paris Olympics and
in June last year announced, with great fanfare, a deal with mining giant Anglo
American for a major expansion of its hydrogen fuel cell taxis, which included
Toyota Mirai and Hyundai Nexo vehicles, along with the Peugeot e-Expert and
Citroën ë-Jumpy vehicles.
Hype described itself at the time as a “global showcase” for the benefits of
hydrogen mobility, and Anglo American said hydrogen fuel cell vehicles would
play a “significant role” in the mix of clean drivetrain technologies needed to
effectively decarbonise transport.
But that has failed to come to pass, with hydrogen car sales a tiny fraction of
electric car sales, and late last week the publication
Hydrogen Insight
reported that Hype had now dumped its Paris-based hydrogen taxi fleet, and gone
all electric instead."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
