Continuing the trend of rolling out its electric vehicles in a new market every week (or, at least, that’s what it feels like), BYD has entered Peru with 5 plugin vehicle models (“new energy vehicle” models as they call them in China). The 5 models BYD is initially launching in … [continued]
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]
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 … [continued]
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. Mexico City — BMW Group Mexico, with the aim of continuing to promote electric mobility in Mexico, has consolidated a new … [continued]
We’re back with our report on EV sales in Latin America! There are some novelties, but, contrary to my expectations, the distance between the laggards and the leaders is actually increasing: this means that the first part of the report will be full of bad (or, at best, “meh”) news, … [continued]
Time flies. The first half of 2023 has already been over for a while, and the EV transition is accelerating, so we’re bringing news from a region often forgotten when speaking about electric vehicles: Latin America. We will divide this series of articles into three parts: the laggards, the middle … [continued]
In conversation with renewable energy entrepreneurs and enthusiasts throughout South America, the most common response to the question of what needs to be improved is “grid transmission.” This is by no means a uniquely South American problem. There is no continent with a perfect power grid, and investments by the … [continued]
By Juan Diego Celemín Mojica “Passionate for all things Latin American, I’ve been closely following the energy and mobility transitions since they started to be present south of the Equator.” So far, South America has been a laggard in the transition to electric mobility. This, and the fact that the … [continued]
A new report from The Pew Charitable Trusts has shown that investment in and deployment of clean and renewable energies is shifting towards developing nations. The report, Power Shifts—Emerging Clean Energy Markets, shows that investment and deployment of electricity infrastructure is shifting from the industrialized economies of the Northern Hemisphere towards … [continued]
In a week with several big-name renewable energy companies releasing their first quarter earnings reports for 2015, SunEdison has outshone them all. Despite only steady Q1’15 results, SunEdison — the world’s largest renewable energy developer — also announced the acquisition of seven renewable energy portfolios in emerging countries, and the … [continued]
