Chile is preparing to integrate 200 electric buses in Santiago

This was announced today by the Ministers of Energy, Susana Jiménez, and Transport, Gloria Hutt, at a seminar organized by Chile's Electric Mobility Group (Amech ). "We promote electromobility because it promotes energy efficiency, reduces pollution and improves the economy," said Jiménez.

The Minister of Energy said that one of the main commitments was to increase the number of employees at least 10 times. Electric vehicles circulating in Chile

In abundance on the subject, he pointed out that electric vehicles can become up to four times more efficient and emit one third of emissions in front of a conventional vehicle. 19659003] In addition, he recalls that they use three times more copper and that their batteries use lithium, "the two mineral resources that Chile has in abundance."

For its part, the Minister of Transport said that in Santiago he will be put in. He was also the first electrocorridor of Avenida Grecia, in addition to calls for tenders for electric taxis in Santiago, Valparaíso and San Antonio.

Secretary of State Hutt explained that "more than three tons of CO2 are shut down each year. When an electric vehicle is preferred, and 1300 liters of fuel are left to burn with this alternative.

In terms of costs, operation and maintenance are more convenient and, in figures, one kilometer with electrical energy is about 80% more economical than fossil fuel,

The sources of these government portfolios pointed out that by 2050, the fleet of vehicles delivered to Chile, it would be composed of 40% of electric power and the production matrix should be composed of more than 70% of Renewable energy.

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