{"id":39613,"date":"2024-09-12T05:20:42","date_gmt":"2024-09-12T10:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/latamobility.com\/?p=39613"},"modified":"2024-09-12T07:55:14","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T12:55:14","slug":"chile-100-electric-buses-will-be-incorporated-in-punta-arenas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latamobility.com\/en\/chile-100-electric-buses-will-be-incorporated-in-punta-arenas\/","title":{"rendered":"Chile: 100 Electric Buses will be Incorporated in Punta Arenas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The region of Punta Arenas, Chile,<\/strong> expects to have electric buses by 2025, with the aim of reducing carbon emissions in the vehicle fleet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The implementation of this measure contemplates a large investment of 130 billion pesos.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The operating costs of electric buses could reach 33 million pesos<\/strong> per day, a major effort to make the transition to zero-emission transport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Seremi of Transport, Rodrigo Hern\u00e1ndez<\/strong>, confirmed that next year they plan to incorporate a fleet of 100 electric buses to modernize the city’s public transport with clean energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The project of electrification of units in Punta Arenas will be supported specifically with 30,000 million pesos<\/strong> from the Regional Government and 100,000 million from the Ministry of Transport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In this respect, Governor Jorge Flies<\/strong> 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is an ambitious initiative that will require a great deal of coordination and learning between the public and private sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In an effort to ensure that electromobility reaches regions outside Santiago de Chile<\/strong>, the country’s authorities began a crusade to encourage the regions to receive the same support as the great metropolis.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Chilean government<\/strong> is currently drafting a national plan for freight infrastructure that should be released by the end of the year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 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…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":39607,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2054],"tags":[1561],"class_list":["post-39613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-electric-mobility","tag-chile-2"],"yoast_head":"\n
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nSource of Funding<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n