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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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Latin America EV Market Share H1 2023, Part 1: Tale of the Laggards — Argentina, Peru, Ecuador, & Panama

CleanTechnica EVs

The first half of 2023 has already been over for a while, and the EV transition is accelerating, so we’re bringing news from a region often forgotten when speaking about electric vehicles: Latin America. We will divide this series of articles into three parts: the laggards, the middle of the pack, and the […]

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Bogotá orders 379 electric buses from BYD

Green Car Congress

BYD’s zero-emission transportation solutions have gained ground in Latin America, and now successfully service markets in many other countries across the region, including Ecuador, Chile, Brazil, Peru, Panama, Uruguay and Argentina.

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China’s economic stimulus to spark robust copper consumption in 2024 – ET Auto

Baua Electric

Demand from China’s green energy sector, notably for electric vehicles and power infrastructure, is expected to underpin copper prices. Demand from China’s green energy sector, notably for electric vehicles and power infrastructure, is expected to underpin copper prices.

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Costa Rica to become Latin American electric-car pioneer?

Green Car Reports

The Central American country ,wedged between Nicaragua and Panama, is home to 4.8 million people who buy just 154,000 vehicles annually—less than 1 percent of the sales in the United States. Costa Rica isn't what you'd call a bastion of automotive sales. But that won't deter the Costa Rican government from greening its fleet.

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Will San Diego Go Back To The Future With New 'Electriquettes'?

Green Car Reports

Wicker might not be your first choice of construction material when designing a vehicle, but the world was a very different place in 1915. The wicker-bodied electric vehicles were designed to parade around the Panama-California.