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Costa Rica to become Latin American electric-car pioneer?

Green Car Reports

Costa Rica isn't what you'd call a bastion of automotive sales. million people who buy just 154,000 vehicles annually—less than 1 percent of the sales in the United States. But that won't deter the Costa Rican government from greening its fleet. It now aims to.

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i-MiEV Goes on Sale in Costa Rica

Green Car Congress

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) has begun i-MiEV sales in Republic of Costa Rica, mainly to fleet customers such as government affiliates and electric companies. This marks the first country to start sales of i-MiEV in Latin America.

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

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BYD entered the Colombian market in 2012 and made several milestone achievements: building the first pure electric taxi fleet in South America in 2013, entering the Bogotá BRT system in 2017. 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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Mitsubishi expands sales of i-MiEV

Green Cars News

The electrification of the automobile is truly a worldwide phenomenon and now Mitsubishi is expanding sales of the i-MiEV into yet another country. This time it is the Republic of Costa Rica which will welcome the vehicle, predominantly to fleet customers including government affiliates and electric companies.

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The Global Outlook of Electric Vehicles

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million EVs were sold around the world in 2021, meaning almost 10% of all vehicle sales that year were electric, bringing the total number of EVs on the roads to about 16.5 Finally, in the first quarter of 2022, EV sales were up 75% from that same time period in 2021! Needless to say, EV sales are increasing globally.