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Didi Chuxing (DiDi), the world’s leading mobile transportation platform, will launch Latin America’s first shared electric vehicle (EV) fleet through its app in Mexico, as the company further invests in sustainable transportation innovations in the region.

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JUNE 6, 2024

Four months after announcing its arrival in Colombia, Gogoro is here. continued] The post Gogoro Starts Operations in Colombia — But I’m Not Too Optimistic This Time appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Colombia’s fossil gas climate crisis could spark EV adoption as the affordable FAW Nat Taxi lands at $23,000. Last year, Colombia faced one of its harshest droughts in the last three decades, which forced the country to rely heavily on fossil-fuel generation to maintain healthy. Climate change is no joke.

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JANUARY 15, 2025

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. continued] The post Colombia EV Sales Report: EVs Grow 159% YoY, Reach Record 8.5%

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FEBRUARY 12, 2024

continued] The post Latin America EV Sales Report, Part 3: Leaders on the Podium (Colombia, Uruguay, Costa Rica) appeared first on CleanTechnica. And so we get to the last part of our report, regarding the three countries leading the region in EV.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2024

continued] The post Colombia EV Sales Report: 1000 Sales Surpassed in October, Country Reaches 6.4% EV Market Share! appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Recent arrivals in Mexico and Colombia show Chinese EVs pose an ever-growing threat to mainstream automakers in Latin America. continued] The post The Road To Price Parity: Competition Heats Up In Mexico, A Tsunami Of EVs Arrive In Colombia appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2023

“Committed to making Colombia the first Latin American country to assemble our EVs?” A small question, and yet, […]

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AUGUST 25, 2010

Balqon Corporation, a developer and manufacturer of zero emissions, heavy-duty electric vehicles and drive systems ( earlier post ), has received a $490,000 order for electric drive systems under a new dealer agreement with DynaProTech, a leading composite automotive parts manufacturer in the People’s Republic of China.

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APRIL 30, 2023

The common conception appears to be that a successful transition to electric vehicles is determined by the number of passenger vehicles sold. China, Europe, and the United States lead the way in this category and are thus considered to be at the forefront of EV adoption.

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APRIL 5, 2024

The first trimester is over, and countries are starting to present their official data for vehicle sales during the first three months of the year. Colombia, one of our leaders for EV sales in the region last year, started this one with reasonable growth amidst a generalized crisis in the.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 10, 2023

It was promoting the electric version of the Mazda CX-30, a car that has seen nearly no sales pretty much everywhere because, well, it’s quite expensive and offers a paltry 220 km (137 mile) range. As I was scrolling through social media a couple of days ago, an ad caught my eye. Mazda has been […]

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NOVEMBER 12, 2024

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.

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

In June 2022, just before the second round of Colombia’s national elections, former President Ivan Duque announced that the de-facto subsidy for gasoline* would be gradually dropped. The decision, thankfully, was approved by the new administration of President Gustavo Petro, and the cost of gasoline started to increase monthly.

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DECEMBER 12, 2024

Whilst Latin Americas largest vehicle markets have been undergoing significant EV growth (we can already predict Brazils plug-in market share will surpass 5% in 2024 and Mexicos will be above 2%) and several minor markets are showing meteoric growth (Costa Rica, Uruguay, and Colombia), this does not mean the entire.

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AUGUST 23, 2022

” If you missed part 1 and part 2 of this series, see: South American Plugin Vehicle Markets, A Brief Overview — Part 1: Argentina, Peru, […].

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AUGUST 8, 2023

And we’re back, with the last part of our report on Latin America EV market share! If you haven’t read the previous articles, you can check them out here: Latin America EV Market Share Part 1 Latin America EV Market Share Part 2 In here, we will meet the market leaders, most of which have […]

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DECEMBER 18, 2024

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.

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OCTOBER 5, 2024

Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD has delivered 100 of its 12 meter K9UD electric transit buses to Uruguay’s largest electric public transport operator, Cutcsa. On September 19, BYD delivered 100 of its fully electric K9UD city buses to Cutcsa, Uruguay’s largest electric public transit operator.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

Despite some promising countries (mainly Costa Rica), Latin America remains a laggard in the transition to cleaner, greener transportation.

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AUGUST 15, 2024

Mexico City — BMW Group Mexico, with the aim of continuing to promote electric mobility in Mexico, has consolidated a new. 144 new chargers will be installed in premium locations throughout Mexico. Customers in Mexico who choose to purchase a BMW i4 will earn energy credits for charging without charge.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

Any of our readers who have been following my reports know that Latin America’s EV sales are rising. In some countries, they may not be growing as fast as we would wish; in others, they’re faster than we ever expected; but the trend remains clear regardless. Latin America’s* market amounts.

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MAY 7, 2024

Sales in emerging markets are increasing, led by Southeast Asia and Brazil, India and Thailand Electric car sales continued to increase in emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs) outside China in 2023, but they remained low overall. Around 2% of all cars sold were electric.

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JULY 9, 2024

The Chevrolet Spark was Chevrolet’s smallest, most affordable model; the Spark EV was its underpowered EV version, built to comply with California’s regulations. Both are relics of a forgotten time: one, from when GM was still interested in making cheap basic cars; the other, from when EV sales were a.

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MARCH 8, 2024

A bloodbath is coming. The exact timeline we don’t know, not yet at least. But the omens are here already. continued] The post Latin American EV Market Heats Up as Chinese Automakers Enter with Newer, Cheaper, Better Options appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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JUNE 21, 2023

Laws take time to catch up with technological changes. And, worse, lawmakers are usually abysmal at predicting technological innovation and, more importantly, how that innovation is going to affect society. An event related to this seems to be unfolding here in Bogota in real-time.

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MARCH 22, 2023

Long distances, oilfields, and low salaries abound south of the Rio Bravo. If you ask me, it’s mainly these three conditions that have marked Latin America as one of the laggards in the EV transition. Alas, all bad times should come to an end, and recent developments in the region start to show not a […]

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NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Trying Colombia’s Cheapest EV: A Weekend With the Zhidou D2S

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APRIL 12, 2023

and hydrogen buses get another chance in the meantime.

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JUNE 9, 2023

Riding alongside cars, trucks, and buses in the roadway (normally used by cyclists training on Saturday morning), we passed by several small electric mopeds, the likes of which have become very popular in a city as crowded A few weeks ago, while travelling to visit my grandfather, I looked out the window and noticed something unusual.

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JUNE 26, 2023

The promise of low-cost EVs has been one long awaited. It was here on CleanTechnica that I first read about it, in 2018 or so, when the Osbourne effect started to be mentioned and estimates for price parity were presented, the most pessimistic of which claimed 2027 would be the date BEVs would cost the

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JULY 21, 2023

Auteco will provide service to all CATL-powered vehicles in the country regardless of brand.

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APRIL 6, 2023

Perhaps nothing illustrates the rise of electric vehicles over the past decade more than this statistic: In 2012, the total number of electric vehicles (EVs) sold in the entire world was 120,000. Who is leading the way with electric vehicle adoption? What are the challenges to electric vehicle adoption?

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JUNE 10, 2021

Last week, 37 electric vehicle (EV) driver associations from 26 countries, including Plug In America, joined forces to create the Global EV Drivers’ Alliance, building a worldwide EV community. While the United States has been a leader in electric mobility in many ways, we also lag behind several countries in EV market share.

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JUNE 10, 2024

A nchorage, Alaska Event lead – Chantelle Lewis-Boutte # of EVs on display at the event – 20 # of event attendees – 70 Chugach Electric Association celebrated NDEW with a free educational presentation, “GO EV AK: Growing Ownership of Electric Vehicles,” hosted at the Anchorage Museum Auditorium.

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