The Chilean bus and coach market segment slipped 1.6% in 2023 by 73 units more than 3,000, down from 3,133 in 2022.

This real-time monitoring software should enhance battery performance and improve the operational efficiency of the e-buses. The new BDS is set to debut in February 2024 in a range of 51 electric buses rolled out by the transport authority Metrobús, based in Mexico City.

The transmission is paired with the Cummins X15 engine, designed for peak performance for on-highway heavy-duty vehicle (HGV) applications.

This investment is aimed at enhancing its operational efficiency, preparing the facility to accommodate new components such as those for electric vehicles, and increasing physical capacity of the operation by some 50%.

These are highly specialist vehicles, which are to be 'converted' and equipped by Ecuadorian body builder, Iturri SA.

The NIONE additive contains nanoparticles of niobium pentoxide, which act to improve paint protection performance, increase corrosion resistance and protection against chemical attack.

The most popular features among fleet owners are real-time location, alerts, speed history, idle time and TPMS (Tyre Pressure Monitoring System), says Librelato.

In August 2022, during the event LAT.BUS Transpúblico 2022 – Latin American Transport Fair, held in the city of São Paulo, three vehicles were presented to the public in Virtual Reality.

September 1, 2023 sees Erica Correa Daumichen responsible for the operations of the 4.0 factories in São Bernardo do Campo (SP) and Juiz de Fora (MG).

The new dealerships are in Torreón, Coahuila, and Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico and in San Pedro Sula, Honduras.

Production, according to Silvio Furtado, vice-president of Solutions for Commercial Vehicles and Industrial Technology ZF South America, exceeds 100 units a day and that the factory has recently completed a production sequence of more than 32,000 transmissions without a failure.

Called Ruta Elétrica Andina the project proposes construction of battery charging stations along the Andean highway at intervals of every 200 km – initially the project is to run from Cartagena in northern Colombia to Ipiales, on the border with Ecuador.