Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2019

The Chilean Minister of Transportation and Telecommunications, Gloria Hutt, recently announced a new order for 183 BYD electric buses for the Chilean capital of Santiago, due to arrive in August of this year. The first 100 BYD buses were delivered to Santiago in December 2018.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2017

IBM and AOS, a Colombian company specializing in providing business solutions, are collaborating to create a solution to enhance efficiency in the logistics and transport industry throughout the country, built on IBM Blockchain and Watson IoT on the IBM Cloud. —Jorge Vergara, IBM Colombia CTO.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2010

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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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 30, 2023

The common conception appears to be that a successful transition to electric vehicles is determined by the number of passenger vehicles sold. China, Europe, and the United States lead the way in this category and are thus considered to be at the forefront of EV adoption. However, another metric should be used when analyzing countries […]

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

Enel X, the Enel Group’s advanced energy services business line, has been awarded two grants by the Accelerating Clean Transportation Now (ACTNow) program through the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC). —Surya Panditi, Head of Enel X North America.

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 8, 2023

And we’re back, with the last part of our report on Latin America EV market share! If you haven’t read the previous articles, you can check them out here: Latin America EV Market Share Part 1 Latin America EV Market Share Part 2 In here, we will meet the market leaders, most of which have […]

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 23, 2022

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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Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2010

Balqon Corporation, a developer and manufacturer of heavy-duty electric vehicles for Class 7 and Class 8 applications ( earlier post ), has entered into a Dealer Agreement with Mol Transport Solutions, a leading manufacturer of port and material handling equipment in Europe. Balwinder Samra, president and CEO of Balqon Corporation.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 16, 2013

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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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2012

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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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2012

The report represents the first global, government-level consensus on sustainability indicators for bioenergy and is intended as a resource in helping countries assess and develop sustainable production and use of bioenergy for electricity, heat and transport. Click to enlarge. Environmental pillar. Water use and efficiency.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2015

The Colombian city of Cartagena has ordered 147 Scania Euro 6 gas buses for its new transport system as part of Scania’s largest deal to date on Euro 6 gas technology in South America. 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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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 31, 2017

Today Volvo offers comprehensive system solutions for electrified public transport with hybrid buses, electric hybrids, and all-electric buses. Other major markets are Colombia (468), Sweden (196), Spain (137), Germany (135), Switzerland (129) and Norway (109).

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

Despite some promising countries (mainly Costa Rica), Latin America remains a laggard in the transition to cleaner, greener transportation.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2014

Colmotores Assembly (Colombia). Colmotores Assembly in Colombia launched awareness campaigns that engaged employees in reducing waste and sorting it correctly. One of Zaragoza’s biggest challenges was finding a nearby partner to efficiently transport and treat paint sludge so it could be used to generate electricity.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2012

The City of Bogota, Colombia, has launched a pilot project to spur the use of electric vehicles in Bogota’s center-city taxi fleet. Bogota’s electric vehicle taxi project is a significant achievement, which demonstrates, once again, the city’s clear commitment to transform its transportation sector.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2019

Improving access to cleaner forms of transportation, like electrified public transport and active commuting by cycling and walking, would not only bring down NO 2 levels, but would also reduce asthma, enhance physical fitness, and cut greenhouse gas emissions. This study was funded by George Washington University.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

The general purpose of the program was to carry out operational testing to determine electric-bus feasibility in Bogota’s Integrated Public Transport System. Last October, BYD’s electric bus participated in the C40 Hybrid & Electric Bus Test Program in Colombia. BYD Andino-12 Click to enlarge. miles) and approximately 1 - 1.5

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2011

Eaton Corporation has signed a long-term agreement to design and supply Argentine bus manufacturer Tecnología Avanzada en Transporte S. TATSA), a company wholly owned by Consorcio Metropolitano de Transporte S.A., with a hybrid electric power system for use in buses in Argentina and throughout South America.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2010

In the transportation sector, the study found a somewhat smaller role for natural gas. A study of natural gas is more complex because gas is a major fuel for multiple end uses—electricity, industry, heating—and is increasingly discussed as a potential pathway to reduced oil dependence for transportation, the study team noted.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2010

After Curitiba, the Volvo 7700 Hybrid will be tested in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro in Brazil and later also in Bogotá, Colombia. It will also feature at a conference on sustainable transports in Mexico City and at the COP 16 climate conference in Cancun.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2011

Colombia jumped 40 spots, from 98 th to 58 th , while Croatia moved up from 57 th to 37 th and Russia improved from 60 th to 51 st. As a result, it passes into refined products, such as transportation fuels, when crude is processed at the refinery. Montenegro leaped 48 slots, from 89 th place in 2010 to 41 st in this year’s ranking.

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Plug in America

JUNE 10, 2021

In addition, the adoption of supportive policies will help boost the shift to electric transportation. This goal is achievable; with more EVs hitting the market and EV technology is rapidly improving, the future of EVs is here. For example, the market share for plug-in vehicles in Germany grew from 3% in 2019 to 13.5% in the same period.

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Blink Charging

MARCH 9, 2023

Una de las partes más relevantes es el gasto que hacen las compañías en movilidad y transporte. Cadenas de suministro más sanas Sin duda, la experiencia de los confinamientos por la COVID-19, dejó muchas lecciones, entre ellas que la movilidad y el transporte no puede detenerse completamente.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Florida Governor Rick Scott has informed US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood of the state’s decision to reject President Obama’s Tampa to Orlando high-speed rail project. —Governor Scott.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2010

This includes Argentina-based Autoelevadores Yale, Colombia-based Industrias IVOR, Electric Cars of Costa Rica, Mol Transportation Solutions in Europe and, most recently, Km. DynaProTech represents the sixth international dealer agreement Balqon has established since the beginning of 2010. Verde in Spain.

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Blink Charging

APRIL 6, 2023

While China is leading the way, Europe is taking great strides, and the United States is making headway, the rest of the world is still taking tentative steps toward transportation electrification. What about the rest of the world? In countries like Brazil, India and Indonesia, the IEA report says fewer than 0.5% of car sales are electric.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2012

Military personnel from Colombia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Republic of Philippines, Thailand, Tonga and the United Kingdom will also participate. Upgrading thus is essential for use as a transportation fuel or blendstock. Challenges for the upgrading of pyrolysis oil include contiguous carbon chain.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 21, 2023

Laws take time to catch up with technological changes. And, worse, lawmakers are usually abysmal at predicting technological innovation and, more importantly, how that innovation is going to affect society. An event related to this seems to be unfolding here in Bogota in real-time.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 26, 2023

The promise of low-cost EVs has been one long awaited. It was here on CleanTechnica that I first read about it, in 2018 or so, when the Osbourne effect started to be mentioned and estimates for price parity were presented, the most pessimistic of which claimed 2027 would be the date BEVs would cost the

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 9, 2023

A few weeks ago, while travelling to visit my grandfather, I looked out the window and noticed something unusual. Riding alongside cars, trucks, and buses in the roadway (normally used by cyclists training on Saturday morning), we passed by several small electric mopeds, the likes of which have become very popular in a city as crowded

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 22, 2023

Long distances, oilfields, and low salaries abound south of the Rio Bravo. If you ask me, it’s mainly these three conditions that have marked Latin America as one of the laggards in the EV transition. Alas, all bad times should come to an end, and recent developments in the region start to show not a […]

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 21, 2023

Auteco will provide service to all CATL-powered vehicles in the country regardless of brand.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 12, 2023

and hydrogen buses get another chance in the meantime.

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