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BYD to add another 183 electric buses to Santiago’s fleet

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BYD electric buses are servicing markets in many countries across Latin America, including Chile, Colombia, Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, and Uruguay. The first 100 BYD buses were delivered to Santiago in December 2018.

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

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BYD won an order to deliver another 406 battery-electric buses to the Colombian capital of Bogotá, coming shortly after a previous announcement on 17 December of the delivery of the 470 pure electric buses to the city. Earlier post.) BYD will co-work with Superpolo, a Colombian bus manufacturer, on the body part of the buses for such order.

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Bogotá orders 379 electric buses from BYD

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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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Eaton signs long-term agreement with Argentine bus manufacturer TATSA to design and supply hybrid systems

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Eaton matches the system to an automated six-speed Eaton transmission and stores energy in a lithium-ion battery pack. In the last few years, TATSA has signed production agreements with various automotive companies worldwide and has also established commercial representations in the USA, Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, India and Qatar.

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Bionic Hand Gives Amputees Sense of Touch

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Akhtar and Nguyen flew to Quito, Ecuador, to test their product on Juan Suquillo, who lost his left hand during a 1979 border war between Ecuador and Peru. It has silicone fingers, a battery pack, and muscle sensors that are placed over the patient's residual limb. Its battery recharges in an hour, the company says.

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BYD delivers 100 of its K9UD electric transit buses to Uruguay

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280 miles) of driving range from its 422 kWh lithium-ion phosphate battery. Uruguay joins Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Ecuador as BYD customers, while the company continues to advance the region’s efforts to decarbonize public transport. In 12m spec , that bus has a 19.5 ton GVWR, seats 85 people, and gets up to 450 km (approx.

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IEA: power use to soar through 2027, but renewables will keep up

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The countrys booming industrial sector plays a big role, especially in energy-hungry manufacturing like solar panels, EV batteries, and EVs themselves. Droughts in Ecuador, Colombia, and Mexico further strained hydropower generation. These events underscore the need for more resilient power grids.