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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. This is the largest order for pure-electric buses outside of China to date, which sets a new record in sales volume for the overseas pure-electric bus industry. Earlier post.)

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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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Tesla just made its Navigation better than ever

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Tesla has one of the more immersive and responsive Navigation systems in the industry, but it still lacks some features that other third-party programs offer. Tesla just made its Navigation better than ever with Software Update 2024.2.6, Waze, Apple Maps, and Google Maps, for example, give more notifications about upcoming road conditions.

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BYD will sell EVs in Brazil

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His program calls for industries focused on a green economy and the need to modernize the automotive industry with hybrids. 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.

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Joy e-bike maker to develop hydrogen scooter, eyes global expansion | Autocar Professional

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Sanjay Sablok, President, Operations, at Wardwizard Innovations & Mobility Limited, while speaking with Autocar Professional on the sidelines of an industry event, revealed plans to develop a hydrogen-fuelled electric scooter within the next 2–3 years.

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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. Solazyme, Inc., —Jonathan Wolfson, CEO of Solazyme.

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JATO: global vehicle sales fall by 39% in March; electrified vehicles up to 17.4% new registration market share in Europe

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The outbreak of COVID-19 has already impacted the automotive industry significantly, according to JATO Dynamics, a leading provider of global automotive data and insight. The industry is being impacted largely by the uncertainty for the future, and this issue started to arise even before the pandemic took hold.

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