High rates of urban development in Latin America over the 20th century have acted as a double-edged sword for its people and the environment. Urbanisation and the mass movement of people to the cities have added upward pressure on the demand for public transport, and the industry remains the primary source of greenhouse gas emissions in Latin America. Business models and financing strategies offer an opportunity to support the transition from diesel buses to electric buses by minimising the risks and creating incentives.
About the webinar:
Driving the Change: Accelerating Public Transport’s Transition to E-Buses – #1 Learnings from Latin America’, will constitute the first episode of a series we aim to produce focusing on enabling the decarbonisation of bus systems worldwide featuring essential experts and stakeholders. This first webinar explores the successes of implementation in Latin America, where we observe the highest bus usage per capita on the planet. Despite various barriers, some of the continent’s largest conurbations have been steadily transitioning to cleaner solutions and are already garnering the benefits. If more obstacles need to be overcome to allow for wider adoption, those pioneers provide true tales of successful implementations and crucial learnings to scale up this momentum.
The webinar provides insights on:
- The importance of shifting to electric buses and the array of benefits it brings to all stakeholders
- The key ingredients that enabled the transition and led Latin American cities to become leaders of the E-Bus revolution
- The technical and technological advancements that provide tangible solutions to the real-world challenges associated with deploying electric fleets.
- The financial challenges, opportunities and innovative approaches to financing e-bus projects and battery replacement
Meet the speakers!
- Daniel Magallón, Managing Director at BASE Foundation
- Lara Zhang, Regional Director of BYD Latin America
- Maria Fernanda Ortiz Carrascal, public transport and e-mobility expert with experience at VGMobility and Transmilenio
- Luis Andres Alandia, Senior Investment Officer at Proparco
- Moderator: Francisco Ramirez Cartagena, Sustainable Finance Senior Specialist at BASE Foundation
Recording and presentations
Learn more about the continent’s success stories deploying e-buses and discover the keys to achieving sustainable public transportation systems with our unique panel of specialists:
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As the session featured a live Spanish interpretation, a Spanish version of the recording is also available here.
Speakers’ presentations are accessible here.
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