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

Green Car Congress

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.

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Omnitek Engineering selected for diesel-to-gas drayage truck conversion demo at Port of Seattle

Green Car Congress

The pilot project led by Omnitek Engineering includes American Strategic Group, trucking fleets and related service providers. Funk noted the company is also focused on other diesel engine model conversion opportunities to complement its international growth expansion with partners in Asia, Latin and South America, China and Europe.

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AMPECO CEO discusses the software that makes large-scale EV charging systems work in comprehensive Q&A

Charged EVs

Charged : I imagine you must customize your installations for different kinds of customers, for example, a CPO versus a utility or a fleet operator. It will be different if they’re focused on public charging rather than fleets or residential, for example. There are different business models that can be applied with our software.

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AMPECO CEO discusses the software that makes large-scale EV charging systems work in comprehensive Q&A – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

Charged : I imagine you must customize your installations for different kinds of customers, for example, a CPO versus a utility or a fleet operator. It will be different if they’re focused on public charging rather than fleets or residential, for example. There are different business models that can be applied with our software.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The first buyers will be fleet users, which will build central fast-charging facilities. BYD currently exports gasoline-powered cars to Africa, South America, and the Middle East, but they compete on price, not quality. BYDs breakthrough all-electric E6, photographed at this years Detroit auto show.

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2020 Top 10 Countries in the Global EV Revolution

EV Sales

The LEVC electric taxi might still be the only EV that both designed *and* produced on UK’s home turf. I finally got hold of reported total bus fleets and bus replacement rates in Europe. For reference, in Europe, whose overall bus fleet size seems 2-3x smaller than China’s, somewhere around 2-2.5k E-buses were deployed.

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