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New Articulated Electric Bus from Zhongtong Crossed 3 Mountain Ranges, Now in Trials in Bogota

March 14, 2025 admin BOGOTA, brt, byd, clean transport, Colombia, electric buses, Electric vehicles, mass transit / public transit, yutong

Credit to Author: Juan Diego Celemín Mojica| Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2025 20:30:10 +0000

A few months ago, coming from China, the new N18EV arrived into the Pacific Port of Buenaventura. After clearing all legal hurdles (which took a few weeks), it started its drive towards the Western Cordillera, reaching a peak of 2020 meters above sea level and going down the other side … [continued]

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Colombia EV Sales Report: EVs Grow 159% YoY, Reach Record 8.5% Market Share in December!

January 16, 2025 admin byd, byd seagull, byd yuan up, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica reports, Colombia, colombia ev sales, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev sales, hybrid electric cars, kia ev5, market research, phev, research, volvo ex30

Credit to Author: Juan Diego Celemín Mojica| Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2025 23:12:50 +0000

After years of EVs being priced well above their thermal competition, the arrival of a veritable armada of competitively priced EVs in Colombia (most, but not all, being Chinese) has resulted in the obvious consequence: people are buying them in droves. Record after record has been placed since October, with … [continued]

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As Gogoro Expands in Latin America, Executive Changes Come in Taiwan

December 22, 2024 admin batteries, battery swapping, chile, clean transport, Colombia, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev battery swapping, gogoro, latin america, motorcycles + scooters, Santiago, South America

Credit to Author: Raymond Tribdino| Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 03:19:33 +0000

Latin America is Gogoro CEO Horace Luke’s last official function After opening shop in Bogota, Colombia, last May, Gogoro launched in Santiago, Chile, just last month. In both instances, the battery swapping and smartscooter company inked deals with fuel and lubricant companies — Tepel in Colombia and Copec in Chile. … [continued]

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EV Sales Report: LatAm’s Laggards & Smaller Markets (Argentina, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, & El Salvador)

December 16, 2024 admin Argentina, Brazil, chile, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica reports, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev sales, market research, Mexico, Panama, Peru, research, South America

Credit to Author: Juan Diego Celemín Mojica| Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2024 22:50:32 +0000

Whilst Latin America’s largest vehicle markets have been undergoing significant EV growth (we can already predict Brazil’s plug-in market share will surpass 5% in 2024 and Mexico’s will be above 2%) and several minor markets are showing meteoric growth (Costa Rica, Uruguay, and Colombia), this does not mean the entire … [continued]

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It’s Leapfrog Time For EVs In Smaller Auto Markets

November 15, 2024 admin byd, clean transport, Colombia, electric cars, Electric vehicles, South America

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 21:21:49 +0000

Juan Diego Celemín Mojica just explained this well himself, but it was perhaps hidden a little bit under a headline about Colombia and various other details. This point is one that I’ve been waiting for, and we’ve seen the market building toward this with the expansion of BYD into more … [continued]

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Colombia EV Sales Report: 1000 Sales Surpassed in October, Country Reaches 6.4% EV Market Share!

November 14, 2024 admin clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, Colombia, colombia ev sales, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev sales, market research, research

Credit to Author: Juan Diego Celemín Mojica| Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 22:29:33 +0000

Colombia’s EV market is booming. As I said a couple months ago, we’re not only seeing significant YoY (year over year) growth (as we are in several other markets, including Costa Rica, Uruguay, Mexico, and Brazil), but we’re also looking at “bursts” of demand that lead to significant MoM (month … [continued]

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