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They will be used for the Transantiago and will have the collaboration of ENEL.
Chinese automaker BYD will sell 100 K9FE electric buses in Santiago de Chile to operate in the public Transantiago system, in which order the largest of these vehicles that the company receives in Latin America.
The vehicles, which will carry the latest technology in BYD batteries, will arrive at the end of next November, the Chinese company said in a statement today, in which it explained that the operation has The cooperation He adds that the integration of these vehicles in Transantiago makes Chile one of the pioneers of urban electric mobility in the region, serving as a model for its implementation. in other markets
ENEL and BYD have already introduced two all-electric buses to Santiago, Chile, last November, with the intention of improving the pbadenger experience, having a positive reception.
Tamara Berríos, spokesperson for BYD in Chile, noted in the note that with a BYD electric bus "the carbon emission of 33 cars is reduced ", besides that its operational cost is 70 pesos per kilometer, compared to the 350 pesos of buses powered by internal combustion engines.
BYD, which produces batteries for its own electric and hybrid vehicles, is present in more than 200 cities around the world and plans to have a production capacity of 60 GWh per year by 2020 .
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