The National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) has approved a loan of R$ 2.5 billion ($497 million) for São Paulo. The money will go toward buying electric buses to modernize the city’s public transport. The city plans to buy between 1,000 and 1,300 new electric buses with this loan. These new vehicles could […]
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