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

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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. Globally, BYD’s green transport offerings have spread to more than 300 cities, operating in more than 50 countries and regions.

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BYD Dolphin debuts in Colombia

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The Dolphin's debut in Colombia is the second time the model has appeared in an overseas market after its appearance in Japan. The post BYD Dolphin debuts in Colombia appeared first on CnEVPost. For more articles, please visit CnEVPost.

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BYD launches Yuan Plus EV in Colombia

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The post BYD launches Yuan Plus EV in Colombia appeared first on CnEVPost. BYD has been selling its new energy passenger vehicles in partnership with local dealers since 2020 and has delivered nearly 3,000 units in the country to date. For more articles, please visit CnEVPost.

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BYD wins cumulative order for 1,002 electric buses in Bogotá, Colombia

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BYD has exclusively won cumulative orders to supply 1,002 battery-electric buses to the capital of Colombia, Bogotá. In addition to Bogotá, Colombia’s capital city, BYD buses operate in Medellin, Cali and elsewhere. Earlier post.) This tender was open to all bus technologies. Bogotá City Public Transport Authority (TRANSMILENIO S.A.)

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Could Colombia Be 1st Country To Build GM EVs In Latin America?

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“Committed to making Colombia the first Latin American country to assemble our EVs?” A small question, and yet, […]

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1200 Units of BYD DM-i PHEVs Arrived in Colombia

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Recently, 1200 units of BYD DM-i plug-in hybrid vehicles have arrived in Colombia from Xi’an, China. It marks another step in BYD’s expansion […] The post 1200 Units of BYD DM-i PHEVs Arrived in Colombia appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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BYD exports 1,200 units of hybrid models to Colombia

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The post BYD exports 1,200 units of hybrid models to Colombia appeared first on CnEVPost. This is the largest number of units BYD has ever exported in a single shipment, including 200 Qin Plus DM-i and 1,000 Song Plus DM-i. For more articles, please visit CnEVPost.

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Balqon Expands Distribution of Heavy-Duty Electric Vehicles into Colombia

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Balqon Corporation, a developer and manufacturer of zero emissions heavy-duty electric vehicles for Class 7 and Class 8 applications ( earlier post ), has entered into a Dealer Agreement with Industrias IVOR, a leading distributor of heavy equipment and material handling equipment, including heavy-duty trucks, in Colombia.

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South America Plugin Vehicle Markets, A Brief Overview — Part 3: Uruguay & Colombia

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By Juan Diego Celemín Mojica “Passionate for all things Latin American, I’ve been closely following the energy and mobility transitions since they started to be present south of the Equator.”

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Ampal Signs Option Exercise Agreement to Acquire 25% in Ethanol Project in Colombia

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pursuant to which it has exercised an existing option to convert Ampal’s existing $22.249 million loan ($20 million plus accrued interest) into a 25% equity interest in a sugarcane ethanol production project in Colombia being developed by Merhav. Colombia requires 10% ethanol blending in gasoline distributed in Colombia.

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BYD to add another 183 electric buses to Santiago’s fleet

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BYD electric buses are servicing markets in many countries across Latin America, including Chile, Colombia, Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, and Uruguay. With this new batch of BYD buses, there will be a total fleet of 411 electric buses operating in the capital, making Santiago the city with the largest pure electric bus fleet outside of China.

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Bogotá orders 379 electric buses from BYD

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Along with the 64 pure electric buses in Medellín, Colombia will have a total of 443 BYD electric buses, putting it at the vanguard of Latin America’s rapid push towards public transport electrification.

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TomTom: Global traffic congestion up; Bengaluru world’s most traffic-congested city

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Next in the global rankings are Philippine capital, Manila (71%); Bogota in Colombia (68%); last year’s most congested city, Mumbai (65%); and Pune (59%), also in India; making up the top five most congested cities in the world. Greater Moscow takes the lead in Europe (59%) with Istanbul (55%) coming a close second.

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

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In Latin America, DiDi offers various ride-hailing, taxi-hailing, and food delivery services in Mexico, Chile, Colombia, and Costa Rica, as well as in Brazil under the 99 brand. DiDi delivers more than 10 billion trips per year across Asia, Latin America and Australia.

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UOP Renewable Jet Fuel blend powers first renewable jet commercial flight in Columbia

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UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced that a blend with its Green Jet Fuel powered the first commercial flight in Colombia operating with renewable jet fuel. A LAN Airbus A320 aircraft traveled with 174 passengers from Bogotá El Dorado International Airport to Santiago de Cali, Colombia.

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Johnson Controls acquires 90% ownership of Columbian battery supplier MAC

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Working together, the two companies have expanded their footprint, increasing their exports from Colombia, mainly to the countries in the Andean Region. In addition to manufacturing batteries, recycling operations in Yumbo, Colombia will continue to serve as a key resource in providing a stable supply chain for operations in the region.

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Nissan Frontier Sentinel pickup concept unveiled in São Paulo; two LEAF battery packs

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The new Nissan LEAF is now available through a pre-sale program in Brazil, Chile and Colombia. The Nissan XMotion Concept crossover and a Nissan X-Trail with a hybrid powertrain are also among the models on display. Argentina will join the program in 2019.

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Bogotá pilots all-electric taxi fleet using BYD e6s

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The District Government authorized this scalable all-electric taxi pilot in an effort to improve the air quality in Colombia’s dense cities. Forty-nine BYD e6, 5-passenger, all-electric cross-over sedans received approval from the Colombia Ministry of Transportation to operate as taxis in the city of Bogotá.

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Bogotá to test BYD electric buses

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Express del Futuro, a partner-operator of Transmilenio, and BYD unveiled plans for an electric bus fleet in Bogotá, Colombia. The BYD K9 all-electric buses will be placed into trial service as of Q2 2013 in the Colombian capital. Earlier post.).

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Study finds economic losses due to health burdens caused by in-car PM2.5 exposure inversely proportional to per capita GDP

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For the study, published in the journal Environment International , the team monitored pollution hotspots in 10 global cities: Dhaka (Bangladesh); São Paulo (Brazil); Guangzhou (China); Medellín (Colombia); Cairo (Egypt); Addis Ababa (Ethiopia); Chennai (India); Sulaymaniyah (Iraq); Blantyre (Malawi); and Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania).?.

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Ford building new $1.6B plant in Mexico for small cars

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Vehicles produced in Mexico also serve customers in the US, Canada, China, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and South Korea. Mexico is Ford’s fourth-largest vehicle manufacturing site for global customers—behind the US, China and Germany. During the past five years, Ford has invested more than $10.2

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Volvo Buses has sold 3,000 electrified buses worldwide

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Other major markets are Colombia (468), Sweden (196), Spain (137), Germany (135), Switzerland (129) and Norway (109). The hybrid models are available in conventional 12-meter configuration, as articulated models, and as double deckers.

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Waze adds speed limits feature, planned drives

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Waze is rolling out the new feature first in Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Colombia, Czech Republic, El Salvador, France, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad, Tobago and Uruguay. The rest of world will follow.

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11 more GM facilities worldwide go landfill-free; total up to 122

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Colmotores Assembly (Colombia). Colmotores Assembly in Colombia launched awareness campaigns that engaged employees in reducing waste and sorting it correctly. GM’s new landfill-free facilities include: CAMI Assembly (Canada). Joinville Engine (Brazil). Zaragoza Assembly (Spain). Zaragoza Stamping (Spain).

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Cartagena orders 147 Scania Euro 6 natural gas buses

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By operating these buses, Cartagena will become the first city in Colombia to use gas solutions for urban transport and this will significantly reduce the emissions that the city’s current fleet is producing. Scania will be the exclusive provider for two trunk lines for Cartagena’s new Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) system, called Transcaribe.

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Yadea launches Z3 electric scooter with connectivity app

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China-based Yadea has launched its Z3 electric scooter, initially into 15 countries including China, Germany, Korea, and Colombia. Starting price is US$3,388. The Yadea Z3 is powered by Panasonic 18650 battery cells. The battery cells are capable of keeping dynamic performance in environments from -10 to 55 ˚C (15 to 122 ˚F).

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Shell and Sumitomo Corporation invest in LO3 Energy to develop blockchain-based community energy platform

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LO3 Energy’s transactive energy platform was pioneered with the Brooklyn Microgrid and the company now runs projects with partners around the world, in the UK, Colombia, Japan, Australia and the US.

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Solazyme and Ecopetrol Extend Partnership on Algae-Based Diesel Using Colombian Feedstocks

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Working with Ecopetrol, Solazyme’s technology will provide Colombia with renewable sources of oil and fuel that dramatically reduce carbon pollution by replacing petro-diesel with a ‘drop-in’ replacement made using algae. Following this phase, the parties plan to move toward commercial deployment of renewable oil and fuel production.

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BYD will sell EVs in Brazil

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EV sales for the first half of 2022 from Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, and Peru showed a growth that was driven by a number of factors, including government incentive programs and the cost of fuels. His program calls for industries focused on a green economy and the need to modernize the automotive industry with hybrids.

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Drivers from the world’s poorest cities who keep their windows down are exposed to 80% more air pollution

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The research team investigated PM 2.5 and PM 10 exposure levels inside vehicles during peak hours in the morning and evening, as well as off-peak hours in the middle of the day.

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São Paulo Transit completes successful trials of 40-foot BYD electric bus; revenue service starting in 2014

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Currently BYD’s Battery-Electric bus has proven its capabilities on operational routes in Europe, North America, Central America, the Caribbean, Asia as well as in the neighboring South American nation of Colombia. The new electric buses will be integrated along with 20 current buses operating on Line 509M.

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NREL and Ecopetrol in $2.3M CRADA agreement to optimize conversion of waste biomass to ethanol

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The US Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is working with Ecopetrol, the largest oil company in Colombia, to process the residue from sugar cane and palm oil harvesting into fuel ethanol for blending with gasoline. Colombia has an abundance of biomass in the form of sugar cane.

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Enel enters public transit electrification market in US; partners with MassCEC for electric bus fleet

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Additionally, Enel North America, through its renewables business Enel Green Power North America, has been awarded a grant, also under ACTNow program, of US$37,000 to support the development of an emissions-based carpooling program for Enel’s 650-plus Massachusetts employees across its Boston and Andover offices.

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USDA study finds GHG from corn-based ethanol ~39% to 43% lower than from gasoline; reduction of >70% possible by 2022

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Colombia, Japan, Brazil, Canada and the European Union) are developing renewable energy policies that require biofuel substitutes for gasoline to reduce GHG emissions by more than 21%. Our objective is to assess corn ethanol’s current GHG profile in light of this new information. This work is timely as many countries (e.g.

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¿Qué trae el 2023 para los autos eléctricos en Latinoamérica?

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Por su parte, la manufacturera China BYD continua su expansión por el mercado Latinoamericano con varias alternativas eléctricas, en México lanzará la SUV TANG EV, y en Costa Rica, Colombia y Chile, entre otros, la SUV compacta Yuan Plus.

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SEAT to launch 6 electric and plug-in hybrid models, develop smaller version of MEB for lower-cost EVs

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Latin America is another potential territory for brand expansion, and there are plans to begin operations in Chile in the second half of 2019 and strengthen its presence in Colombia. In China, SEAT is a part of the JAC Volkswagen joint venture and preparations are being made for its entry in the world’s largest car market.

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Colombia introduces electric taxi fleet

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Electric vehicles could soon become commonplace in the Colombian city of Bogota, after a project was introduced to spearhead an electric taxi fleet. The project was put together by the Clinton Climate Initiative Cities programme, and its partner the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group.

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BYD electric bus completes another trial in Bogotá

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Last October, BYD’s electric bus participated in the C40 Hybrid & Electric Bus Test Program in Colombia. The single-charge range of the Andino-12 was confirmed between 270 and 280 km (168 to 174 miles), which complies with Bogota requirements for operating within the system. miles) and approximately 1 - 1.5

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Researchers say policies to curb short-lived climate pollutants could yield major health benefits; methane and black carbon

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the University of British Colombia; the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; the University of York; the United Nations Environment Program; Scripps Institution of Oceanography; Colorado State University; the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Austria; and TERI University in India.

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AOS and IBM developing logistics and transportation solution built on IBM Blockchain and Watson IoT

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—Jorge Vergara, IBM Colombia CTO. That is why the implementation of this type of blockchain and IoT solution in the cloud is an opportunity to access critical data on-demand and make more informed decisions for the benefit of business.

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Plug In America joins global alliance

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In connection with the event, associations connected with GEVA plan to organize events in their own countries and to organize a rally in Scotland to promote electromobility as an essential element in addressing climate change.

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Enel acquires eMotorWerks to provide grid balancing solutions and tap into US e-mobility market

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Enel has installed around 5,000 charging stations in Italy, Spain, Romania, Greece, Chile, Colombia and Argentina. Enel is planning to use JuiceNet platform’s functions in all of its EV charging stations globally.

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Study estimates ~4M children worldwide develop asthma each year because of NO2 air pollution

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It was conducted by researchers from George Washington University, The University of British Colombia, The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, and Oregon State University. This study was funded by George Washington University.

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