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Montevideo, April 25th 2024 - 04:35 UTC

Tag: BYD

  • Saturday, December 10th 2022 - 10:21 UTC

    Electric car company signs dealership agreement in Chile

    BYD started as a battery manufacturer and has evolved into other areas such as automobiles, rail transport, new energy, and electronics - 430 BYD electric buses run daily in Santiago

    Astara Chile signed an alliance with BYD whereby the Spanish distributor will market and distribute BYD electric passenger vehicles in the South American country starting in the first quarter of 2023, it was announced this week in Santiago.

  • Saturday, May 26th 2018 - 08:26 UTC

    China electric monorail system, cheaper than metro, for a major Brazilian city

    Construction in Salvador will start on the 20-kilometer route this year, and it’s expected to begin operations in 2021.

    BYD, China’s biggest electric vehicle maker by sales, signed a 2.5 billion Brazilian real (US$ 689 million) deal this week to build a monorail system in Brazil’s Salvador city, the firm said. It’s the company’s biggest overseas monorail investment yet, according to a company spokesperson. Construction will start on the 20-kilometer route this year, and it’s expected to begin operations in 2021.