Source: Head Topics
Since September, almost five hundred turquoise electric taxis from a Vietnamese company have been driving through Amsterdam, the second European city after Copenhagen.
According to Head Topics, Amsterdam has had almost five hundred turquoise electric taxis since September from a company owned by Vietnamese billionaire Phạm Nhật Vượng. Vượng owns both the taxi company and the manufacturer of the vehicles. This makes Amsterdam the second European city, after Copenhagen, where these taxis are active.
Professor Erik Verhoef of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam indicates that the arrival of these taxis is in line with the growth in the number of taxi providers since the corona pandemic, comparing Amsterdam and Copenhagen because of their mobility policy and sustainable ambitions. It is striking that drivers can choose whether they want to be employed permanently, while the rates are relatively low for the time being.
For VindTaxi customers, nothing changes: in Rotterdam, Vlaardingen, Schiedam and the rest of Rijnmond you will continue to drive with the black, fully electric Nissan Ariya. The development in Amsterdam shows that electric taxi transport is becoming increasingly common in the Netherlands.
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