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Latin American EV Sales Report, Part 2: The Promising Middle (Mexico, Panama, Brazil, Puerto Rico)

CleanTechnica EVs

continued] The post Latin American EV Sales Report, Part 2: The Promising Middle (Mexico, Panama, Brazil, Puerto Rico) appeared first on CleanTechnica. After the first part of our report (which, admittedly, was a bit underwhelming), we’re finally getting to the countries where.

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Tesla Opens Its First Store In Puerto Rico

CleanTechnica EVs

Tesla has opened its first store in Puerto Rico, El Nuevo Día reports. The showroom opened in the Plaza Las Américas shopping center in the capital city of San Juan. This marks Tesla’s first official physical point of sale in the US territory, the article noted. If you are in the area, you can find […].

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2013 Nissan Leaf will be sold in Puerto Rico, first expansion into Latin America

National Green Transportation

Nissan today announced the 2013 Nissan Leaf will be available in Puerto Rico, making it the first Latin America market for Nissan's electric car. Nissan and Puerto Rico signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) 14 months ago.

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NHTSA estimates traffic fatalities dropped 3.3% in 1Q 2023 y-o-y

Green Car Congress

We are taking significant action to reduce traffic fatalities, including moving forward on new vehicle standards to make cars even safer, investing millions of dollars to improve infrastructure and roadway safety, and working with our state and local partners to help drivers make safe decisions on the road.

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Get to Know the IEEE Board of Directors

Cars That Think

IEEE Senior Member Jenifer Castillo Director, Region 9: Latin America Lufthansa Technik Castillo is a sales and key account manager in Puerto Rico for a leading maintenance, repair, and overhaul services provider in the aviation industry. Or, as Castillo likes to say, she “plays with planes on the beautiful island of Puerto Rico.”

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The Miraculous Engineering Of Tesla: 2 Teslas Fall Off A Cliff, Everyone Walks Away

CleanTechnica EVs

One took place in Puerto Rico and the other took place in Utah. In Puerto […]. There are two separate incidents in recent weeks where a Tesla fell off a cliff and all of the occupants in both vehicles survived the crashes. Both happened during Thanksgiving week, with the one in Utah happening on Thanksgiving Day.

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Nissan LEAF arrives in Puerto Rico for first time

Green Cars News

The LEAF has been a global success for Nissan and is currently the best-selling electric car around the world – but there are still parts of the world this EV is only just reaching. One of them is Puerto Rico – where Nissan has made the first two deliveries of its LEAF to the Caribbean island. [.].