The President of Chile, Gabriel Boric, recently presented the “Electromobility Roadmap“, a document that contains the South American country’s concrete proposals for the year 2026 to massify the use of electric mobility in the short and medium term. According to a report by the Xinhua news agency, Chile’s Minister of Energy, Diego Pardow, explained that…
With more than 20 electroterminals and 2,000 electric buses, Santiago de Chile has become an example that everyone wants to replicate, with the aim of promoting sustainable mobility in the regions. In this sense, Atacama, in the north of Chile, established the “Mesa de Transporte Sustentable“, in a joint effort between the public and private…
In November 2017, the first two electric buses were integrated into the public transport system of Santiago de Chile, with the aim of promoting decarbonization in the transport sector. The incorporation of the vehicles represents a great contribution to the environment, by achieving savings of about 70 million liters of diesel, so that, in addition,…
The Latin American market has become a fundamental pillar for multinational companies linked to the automotive industry, which are seeking to expand and strengthen their operations in the region. Inchcape, one of the world’s leading automobile distributors, signed an agreement to acquire the Chilean company Derco. In this way, the British company will absorb the…
Within the framework of the National Mobility Strategy, Chile is accelerating plans to move towards more efficient, non-polluting and carbon neutral vehicles by 2050. The program establishes that by 2035, 100% of sales of light, medium and public transport cars (buses, cabs and collectives), and large machinery will be zero-emission. Although these deadlines seem long,…
As months go by, nothing seems to stop the growth in the sale of low and zero emission vehicles in Chile, which has experienced a significant increase in the month of May this year, according to figures presented by the National Automotive Association of Chile (ANAC). According to ANAC’s report, May 2022 was “the best…
Latin America is a region with significant oil reserves, but due to the polluting emissions generated by its use, the transition to more environmentally friendly solutions has gradually begun, such as the use of hybrid or electric engines to promote new means of transportation. Although sales of these vehicles in the region are far from…
For more than five years, Chile has established the Energy Commune program, which functions as a management and accreditation tool for the country’s localities, whose main objective is to design plans and implement actions aimed at the energy planning of the communes. In addition, the plan seeks, among other things, to contribute to Chile’s energy…
The COVID-19 pandemic affected the market across all sectors, with vehicles sales being one of the hardest hit. However, the vehicle fleet is seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, with a significant increase in sales during the last few months. This was explained by Diego Mendoza, General Secretary of the National Automotive…