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Octillion becomes official battery supplier for FNM electric trucks in Brazil

Green Car Congress

Li-ion battery provider Octillion Power Systems is working with the reborn FNM (now Fábrica Nacional de Mobilidades) in Brazil to produce battery-electric trucks; FNM has selected Octillion as the official battery supplier for the coming lineup. The Octillion battery in FNM trucks supports a range up to 300 km for urban deliveries.

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Comment on BYD launches mini EV Seagull in Brazil, Mexico by Jan Tångring

CN EV Post

Seagull is the latest in the Ocean range offered by BYD in Brazil and Mexico, following the Seal and Dolphin.

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OXIS Energy to build Li-S manufacturing plant in Brazil

Green Car Congress

OXIS Energy and the Minas Gerais Development Company CODEMGE have signed a 15-year lease agreement with Mercedes Benz Brazil (MBB) to take possession of a plant located at the MBB manufacturing site in Juiz de Fora in southeast Brazil to build a Li-sulfur battery manufacturing operation.

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Comment on BYD launches mini EV Seagull in Brazil, Mexico by Phate

CN EV Post

Seagull is the latest in the Ocean range offered by BYD in Brazil and Mexico, following the Seal and Dolphin.

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Utterly Unrealistic Range Tests Are Uninforming and (Mostly) Useless

CleanTechnica EVs

In a recent press release from GM Brazil, the story of a wild range test of the Chevrolet Bolt EUV was shared. To commemorate the launch of the vehicle in Brazil, GM’s South American division worked with a local university to wring out as many miles as possible from the vehicle’s battery pack.

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BYD will sell EVs in Brazil

Teslarati

BYD will begin selling two new EV models in Brazil in November. BYD Americas President Stella Li touched upon favorable political and environmental development in Brazil, which is Latin America’s largest vehicle market. Another factor is the wider range of available EV models. We’ll update you when we receive one.

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Boeing, Embraer open joint aviation biofuel research center in Brazil

Green Car Congress

Boeing and Embraer have opened a joint sustainable aviation biofuel research center in a collaborative effort to further establish the aviation biofuel industry in Brazil. Boeing’s biofuel collaboration with Embraer is led by Boeing Research & Technology-Brazil (BR&T-Brazil), one of Boeing’s six international advanced research centers.

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