Executive Chair Chung visits Hyundai Motor Company’s plant in Piracicaba to chart local production, quality and sales strategy Hyundai Motor to strengthen its SUV lineup and develop electrified models optimized for Brazil, including an ethanol-gasoline hybrid powertrain Hyundai Motor Group to explore hydrogen mobility and renewable energy opportunities through affiliate … [continued]
BYD’s sales progress outside of China has been one of the top EV stories of the year. It is selling EVs in many countries across Asia, Europe, Africa, and Latin America now. However, outside of Asia, no BYD production facility is bigger than it’s Brazilian one. BYD recently reached a … [continued]
MEPs have voted to reject an EU regulation that would have seen soy biofuels no longer count as a renewable fuel by 2030. Members of the European Parliament have voted to reject an EU regulation that would have seen soy biofuels no longer count as a renewable fuel by 2030. … [continued]
As we’ve been writing, BYD is focusing more and more on sales outside of China for its core EV business and a hopeful return to EV sales growth. The company’s vehicle exports have grown 65% this year so far, for example, and grew by 80% in May. BYD also now … [continued]
Latin America’s giant is waking up. For long a regional leader (ranking consistently in the fourth position in our region), Brazil has shown long periods of relative stagnation followed by sudden bursts of growth triggered by the entrance of new, more competitive models in the country. However, this trend (constant … [continued]
The rapid evolution of Brazil’s public transit landscape has moved past the era of counting individual units on one hand. While zero emission buses were once a curiosity for market analysts, the sector has entered a phase of genuine industrial scaling. As of early 2026, the national fleet has expanded … [continued]
A mere quarter ago, we were celebrating the first time ever Latin America had seen more than 100,000 EVs sold in only three months. Now, thanks to significant growth year-on-year (YoY), we’re once again reaching a record, with Q1 surpassing 115,000 EVs sold in the region! This is a deviation … [continued]
Many villages in the Amazon basin have no roads, and solar and batteries are replacing diesel generators that are supplied by boat.
The train that arrived a decade late may have been worth the wait. When Line 17 entered revenue service in São Paulo last March 31, it closed a long-troubled infrastructure chapter with a system that behaves differently from the metro lines the city is used to. Built with BYD SkyRail … [continued]
JMK Research’s report on India’s fiscal 2026 renewable additions crossed my screen and forced a wider question. If India had just added 44.6 GW of solar in a single fiscal year and reached 150.26 GW of installed solar by March 31, 2026, what did the broader global league table of … [continued]
