{"id":22652,"date":"2022-12-02T18:40:39","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T17:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/?p=22652"},"modified":"2022-12-02T18:40:40","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T17:40:40","slug":"sao-paulo-ban-diesel-buses-procurement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/electric-bus\/sao-paulo-ban-diesel-buses-procurement\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazil, S\u00e3o\u00a0Paulo bans procurement of new diesel buses. 2,600 e-buses expected in operation by end 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
S\u00e3o Paulo\u2019s Transit Agency SPTrans (over 13,000 buses) has banned the procurement of new diesel buses in the city. Earlier this year, Colombia’s capital city Bogot\u00e1 stopped procuring fossil-fuelled buses in the city. The news is reported on local media and on C40 website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is expected that by the end of 2024, S\u00e3o Paulo will have at least 2,600 e-buses<\/strong> operating on municipal lines. As of September 2022, there were 3,701 electric buses (including trolleybuses) circulating across Latin America<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “The measure underscores the city\u2019s commitment to comply with its Climate Change Law and 2021-2024 Goals Programme, which calls on the city to make at last 20% of the city\u2019s vehicle fleet zero-emission by the end of 2024. More broadly, the long-term goals are also included in PlanClima SP<\/a>, the city\u2019s Climate Action Plan, which was elaborated in partnership with C40 with a vision until 2050″, C40 says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n TUMI E-Bus Mission underlines that things are evolving rapidly in Brazil. The local company Eletra is investing into a plant to manufacture 1,800 electric buses a year<\/a> and Mercedes-Benz announced orders for their electric bus chassis in Brazil<\/a>. Recently a private bus operator providing services in the city of S\u00e3o Paulo acquired 100 electric buses for 2022 and 2023<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Currently, S\u00e3o Paulo\u2019s zero-emission fleet consists of 201 trolleybuses and 18 battery electric buses procured via a pilot project, which the ZEBRA Partnership has monitored since its inception.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The ban on new diesel buses is an integral part of the city\u2019s plan to cut pollutant emissions by 50% in 2028, in line with its Climate Law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “In Brazil, only the Chinese BYD, Eletra, Marcopolo and Mercedes-Benz<\/strong> offer 100% electric buses. Even though most of these companies are just beginning production or still in tests, offering only large models”, Autoindustria<\/a> media notes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In July 2021, the mayor reaffirmed his commitment to zero-emission buses through the launch of the 2021-2024 Goals Programme, which included a pledge to adopt cleaner buses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n C40 underline that the organization “has been working with S\u00e3o Paulo since 2019 to support the city\u2019s transition towards a zero-emission bus fleet, under the umbrella of the ZEBRA Partnership (and more recently also the TUMI E-Bus Mission programme), creating an ecosystem of manufacturers and investors ready to enter the local bus market, and providing technical assistance to the city\u2019s transit authority and private operators. A growing number of bus manufacturers are providing zero emission bus technology in the country, helping the city reach its target of deploying 2,600 e-buses by 2024”. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" S\u00e3o Paulo\u2019s Transit Agency SPTrans (over 13,000 buses) has banned the procurement of new diesel buses in the city. Earlier this year, Colombia’s capital city Bogot\u00e1 stopped procuring fossil-fuelled buses in the city. The news is reported on local media and on C40 website. It is expected that by the end of 2024, S\u00e3o Paulo will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22653,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[333,1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nS\u00e3o Paulo\u2019s Climate Law<\/strong> and electric buses<\/h2>\n\n\n\n