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10,000 electric buses transform Latin America
C40 Cities and ZEBRA hit a milestone in replacing diesel buses with electric alternatives across 80 Latin American cities.
In brief
C40 Cities and ZEBRA hit a milestone in replacing diesel buses with electric alternatives across 80 Latin American cities. ZEBRA and C40 Cities deployed ten thousand electric buses across eighty Latin American cities, avoiding over nine million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually. Originally reported by…
Seven-year push for cleaner buses
Over seven years ago, C40 Cities, a network of mayors dedicated to climate action, launched an initiative to transition Latin America's public bus system away from polluting diesel.
Ten thousand buses now running
This August, the Zero Emission Bus Rapid-deployment Accelerator, ZEBRA, in partnership with the International Council on Clean Transportation, marked an historic milestone of ten thousand electric buses in operation across eighty Latin American cities.
Four cities drive emissions cuts
Thomas Maltese leads ZEBRA's work helping Bogotá, Mexico City, Santiago and São Paulo deploy electric buses.
The main idea
ZEBRA and C40 Cities deployed ten thousand electric buses across eighty Latin American cities, avoiding over nine million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually.
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