The City of São Paulo has announced a partnership with Enel, an energy supplier, for its bus fleet electrification project to be completed by 2024. Under the agreement, the city will get funding for the project of R $ 8 billion. The plan calls for the replacement of the fleet of combustion buses with non-polluting models.
According to the city, Enel is one of the main stakeholders in the project and should assist companies in logistics, infrastructure and the feasibility of electric vehicles based on their experience in Latin America.
The municipal management aims to increase from 2% to 20% the number of fully electric buses in the fleet by 2024, in compliance with the Climate Change Law. The promise is 2,600 electric models running on the streets of the capital of São Paulo in the coming years. Currently, there are only 219 electric buses (201 electric corded buses and 18 BEV Buses).
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PSR Analysis: PSR had a meeting with SP Trans to discuss the movements, especially the decision to stop acquisition of new Diesel Engine Buses allowing only BEV. This is a movement that should not be effective in the short term, due to the lack of buses able to meet the criteria of SP Trans like durability and operational cost. As companies progress on product and cost improvement, the probability to succeed increase, but we do not see impact in the short term. PSR
Fabio Ferraresi is Director-Business Development South America, for Power Systems Research
