The region of Punta Arenas, Chile, expects to have electric buses by 2025, with the aim of reducing carbon emissions in the vehicle fleet.
The implementation of this measure contemplates a large investment of 130 billion pesos.
The operating costs of electric buses could reach 33 million pesos per day, a major effort to make the transition to zero-emission transport.
The Seremi of Transport, Rodrigo Hernández, confirmed that next year they plan to incorporate a fleet of 100 electric buses to modernize the city’s public transport with clean energy.
Source of Funding
The project of electrification of units in Punta Arenas will be supported specifically with 30,000 million pesos from the Regional Government and 100,000 million from the Ministry of Transport.
In this respect, Governor Jorge Flies revealed that they are in talks with a company to develop the plan that contemplates doubling the number of buses, all electric, with a terminal and, for the first time, an electroline station in the city.
This is an ambitious initiative that will require a great deal of coordination and learning between the public and private sectors.
In an effort to ensure that electromobility reaches regions outside Santiago de Chile, the country’s authorities began a crusade to encourage the regions to receive the same support as the great metropolis.
In this sense, the government presented a schedule of initiatives with the aim of encouraging citizens to join the race to decarbonize the vehicle fleet.
The Chilean government is currently drafting a national plan for freight infrastructure that should be released by the end of the year.
