Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2013

in partnership with Chinese automaker BYD Ltd, introduced the first battery-electric 12-meter rapid transit bus in Uruguay and the region. By 2015 it is expected that more than 500 BYD electric buses will be running on the streets and roads of Uruguay. Buquebus and CTS Auto S.A.,

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2023

The uniquely designed vessel will be fully battery powered, with e-motor driven Wärtsilä waterjets as the main propulsors. The vessel will operate between Argentina and Uruguay. The battery modules and energy storage system package is four times larger than on any electric/hybrid ship currently operating.

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Uruguay Batteries Battery Argentina 360

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 24, 2009

General Motors provided an image of the new Chevrolet Agile, a small car designed in Brazil and due to launch in that market in October. The Agile is targeted for emerging markets such as Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay (Mercosur). The 2010 Agile. Click to enlarge. GM began doing business in Brazil in 1925.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2011

The hybrid system combines a Cummins diesel engine with an electric motor that has a peak power output of 44 kW. Since 2005, the company has been building commercial vehicles at a plant in San Martin, Buenos Aires, and this year will start production in a new plant located in Maldonado, Uruguay.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2010

General Motors is creating a new regional organization to meet rising customer demand in South America. GM South America includes GM’s existing sales and manufacturing operations in Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela as well as sales activities in those countries and Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay.

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South America America GM Paraguay 186

Baua Electric

JANUARY 9, 2024

Toshihiro Suzuki, President of Suzuki Motor Corp, who was present at the Vibrant Gujarat Summit, said that the Indian automotive market has been expanding steadily to become the third largest automobile market. Tata Motors currently has signed an MoU with the Gujarat government to establish a lithium-ion cell factory.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

All governments should also support the transition of these light vehicles to zero emission vehicles; Kenya; Secretariat of Economy, Mexico; Morocco; Paraguay; Rwanda; Turkey; Uruguay. Unilever; Vattenfall; Zenith; Zurich.

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