Photo Credit:Fair Use [17 U.S.C. § 107]Hype hydrogen-fueled Peugeot e-Expert taxi

World's Biggest Hydrogen Taxi Operator Goes All Electric, Blames High Costs

23 Jun 2025 | Abstracted from The Driven

Paris-based Hype "was the official taxi operator for last year's Paris Olympics...announced, with great fanfare, a deal with mining giant Anglo American for a major expansion of hits hydrogen fuel cell taxis, which included Toyota Mirai and Hyundai Nexo vehicle...Hype had blamed high hydrogen costs on a 'form of oligopoly' by incumbent hydrogen producers and distributors TotalEnergies and Air Liquide."

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