A national survey of 449 fleet operating companies conducted by the Ecuadorian magazine, Buen Viaje, specialized in tourism and bus operations, which represents 56.5% of the total of 709 dedicated to passenger transportation, revealed that the vast majority of buses in use in the country has bodies produced by domestic manufacturers.

Teojama Comercial S.A., the main distributor of the Hino truck and bus brand in Ecuador, has delivered a new bus fleet of 53 Hino AK 8JRSA buses to Ecuadorian public transport cooperatives, Tomebamba and Turismo Baños, in the city of Cuenca.

Volkswagen Caminhões e Ônibus has sold and shipped 52 Volksbus buses with the new Neobus New Mega body to the public transportation operator in Cuenca; the county’s third largest city.

Operator, Compañía de Transporte Saucinc SA, in March 2019 is to start transporting passengers using electric buses bought from the Chinese company, BYD Inc.