São Paulo is introducing 50 all-electric buses to its public transit system this Monday, as a step toward its larger goal of having 2,600 electric buses by 2024. The city has a total fleet of 13,000 buses. Until now, only 18 were electric. The new buses come from Eletra, a Brazilian company. Two models are […]
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