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BYD wins order for another 406 electric buses in Bogotá, Colombia

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BYD will co-work with Superpolo, a Colombian bus manufacturer, on the body part of the buses for such order. It has also delivered 64 electric buses to Medellin in 2018, and delivered 470 units for the largest pure electric bus fleet in Colombia in 2020, and won another order for 406 electric buses in Bogotá recently. Earlier post.)

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DiDi to introduce first shared EV fleet to Mexico; 700+ EVs and hybrids to start

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Launched in April 2018, DiDi Mexico offers its range of ride-hailing, taxi-hailing and food delivery services across 32 cities, covering 50% of the nation’s population. We believe shared transportation is an integral part of the future of public transportation.

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This Startup Builds USVs That Collect Data About Oceans

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Canada, in 2018. Today, Open Ocean has more than two dozen full-time employees, plus contractors and part-time staff, bringing the total to just over 30. Her water expeditions throughout the world include five months during 2005 and 2006, when she and her husband rowed from Portugal to Costa Rica. Data Xplorer.

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The Integrated Designer

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I grew up in Costa Rica, was always drawn to science and math, and have always been very competitive,” Sandoval-Pichardo says. “In In college—the Costa Rica Institute of Technology —I signed up for what at the time was the hardest engineering degree in my country to get into— mechatronics. She received it in 2015.

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Are Disposable Hotel Slippers the Next Plastic Straws?

Baua Electric

In November, managers at the Arenas del Mar resort near Manuel Antonio National Park in Costa Rica, challenged employees to come up with ways to operate more sustainably. In a 2018 study, Chekitan S. The maintenance crew suggested electric locks on guest room doors. And the housekeepers advised: Ditch the slippers.

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How do Chinese language EV makers roll out unutilized merchandise so temporarily?

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In Zeekr’s case, the endmost velocity of transport unutilized merchandise to the marketplace is as it’s a part of Geely Conserving. And that’s one a part of the undercover – the keeping with many EV fashions in its pipeline will rebadge one of the most vehicles below a unutilized model and starting it. It’s no longer.

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