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28 December 2022

Marcopolo Rail supplies trains for Chile

Marcopolo's business unit signed a contract to supply three train units of two cars each, Prosper model, to the Chilean market, and opens opportunities for Brazilian technology abroad.
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13 December 2022

These will be Chevrolet's new Euro 6 products for 2023

Positioning itself as one of the countries that has made the most progress in the energy transition in Latin America (according to the Energy Transition Index, ETI, of the World Economic Forum), Colombia joins the implementation of the Euro 6 Diesel...
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13 December 2022

The new G8 arrive for the San Cristobal cooperative in Ecuador

With the gradual resumption of activities around the world, especially in tourism, Marcopolo is intensifying its exports and closed the supply of 12 new Paradiso G8 1800 Double Decker intercity buses for the operator San Cristóbal, from the city of...
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13 December 2022

30 years have passed since the appearance of bi-articulated buses

The bus is the most widely used means of transportation in Latin American countries. So required at the regional level, the passenger transport sector is the one that has changed the least over the years, and it was the articulated configurations...
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22 November 2022

BYD celebrates 10 years in Colombia

December 2012 was not an ordinary month. It was the month in which Colombians opened their eyes to electromobility, discovering a new way of getting around, thanks to the presentation of the electric taxi project in the capital, of which BYD Motors...
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22 November 2022

Busscar Optimuss E-Pluss Integral

Electromobility has brought new players capable of developing integral buses of these new technologies from scratch, seeking more control of the business and facilitating after-sales for operators. Busscar de Colombia, with 20 years of activities...
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14 November 2022

Scania presents the first intermunicipal gas bus in Colombia

Scania presents the new K320 IB 4×2 intermunicipal bus powered by natural gas. The reduction in operating cost is 40%, guaranteeing savings for its customers and a direct contribution to a more sustainable transportation system through the Green...
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13 November 2022

ECOTOURS moves to natural gas with Llanogas

This project is not the only one in our region, since the company Bioagricola del Llano, provider of residential public sanitation service in Villavicencio, was a pioneer in integrating CNG technology in its operations and currently has nine vehicles...
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13 November 2022

BYD will deliver 100 electric chassis to São Paulo in early 2023

The platforms will be ready to be bodied and may, in whole or in part, be directed to the urban transportation system of the São Paulo capital; The company, based in Brazil since 2015, has an installed capacity to produce 2,000 chassis per year.
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13 November 2022

Marcopolo will supply buses for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

Marcopolo provided six buses to Qatar that will circulate during the 2022 Soccer World Cup, between the months of November and December. The units, of the Paradiso G8 1200 and Audace 1050 models, were produced in factories in Brazil and China and...
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