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Bogotá pilots all-electric taxi fleet using BYD e6s
12 December 2012
BYD Ltd and Praco Didacol (BYD’s Colombian distribution partner) announced that BYD e6’s will be placed into Taxi service as of Q1 2013 in the Colombian capital Bogotá as a pilot.
The District Government authorized this scalable all-electric taxi pilot in an effort to improve the air quality in Colombia’s dense cities. Forty-nine BYD e6, 5-passenger, all-electric cross-over sedans received approval from the Colombia Ministry of Transportation to operate as taxis in the city of Bogotá.
A measure was adopted by the Ministry of Environment in 2009 so that these types of vehicles could be imported with zero tax and electric cars in Bogotá do not have license plate restrictions as do conventional vehicles.
It is important that the capital city be the first to lead a project like this, because of its size and the demand. The idea is that this project can be replicated in other places in Colombia.
—Marcela Bonilla, Sectorial Director of Urban Affairs for the Ministry of the Environment
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A good, rather small (46 units), trial for city e-taxis to complement other similar trials taking place in China and soon in many other cities.
Posted by: HarveyD | December 13, 2012 at 02:39 PM