Hamburg is the first German city that will ban new registrations of combustion engine taxis from 2025.
The city has already started to electrify its taxi fleet in 2021, with more than 350 electric taxis already in use (12 percent of the fleet).If the entire taxi fleet switches to to emission-free vehicles, it will save 25,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions per year. Now, 25 of the city's taxis are powered by hydrogen fuel cells.
The EU has agreed to end combustion engine sales by 2035, but some places like Ireland, the Netherlands and Sweden, plan to phase them out by 2030. Germany is hesitant due to its car industry, which still largely relies on combustion engines.
Source: CLEAN ENERGY WIRE