![]() Initially, the vehicles are to be built from body kits shipped from Caxais do Sul, Marcopolo stated, but the company is planning to sources components from an increasing number of local suppliers as production ramps up from 2015. The first product to be built in São Mateus is the Volare DW9 model a 9t gvw ‘minibus’ with capacity to transport up to 32 passengers. ![]() Volare says it is investing USD30m in the establishing the new plant, which is to have a capacity to produce a 1,000 units in the first year, utilizing more than 300 employees. Production is scheduled to start in August. ![]() This move would make it the first automotive manufacturer to locate a manufacturing plant in the Espírito Santo State – the state is known internationally for its textiles. Volare Veiculos Ltda, an independently operated subsidiary business unit of Marcopolo SA (the major Brazilian bus body builder) and maker of light-duty buses and coaches headquartered in Caxais do Sul, Brazil, plans to build a new plant in South-east Brazil in São Mateus city. The Chinese are also responsible for two SkyRail projects in the country: In Salvador, this concerns the “VLT do Subúrbio” and in São Paulo the “Line 17 – Gold Line”.Volare-Marcopolo to build second minibus factory in São Mateus to expand customer base. For example, BYD handed over nine electric garbage trucks to Rio de Janeiro’s municipal cleaning company in the fall of 2019 and delivered 15 BYD D9W vehicles to São Paulo at the end of 2018. There have been several local projects since then. Then, in April 2017, the group inaugurated a manufacturing facility for photovoltaic modules. The electrification of bus fleets is still a niche market there, but the potential is great, as can be seen from the ZEBRA project.īYD opened its first plant in Brazil in 2015, and since then, the company has been manufacturing chassis for electric buses in Campinas – as mentioned above. With the local production of LiFePO4 battery modules, BYD wants to position itself early on in the eMobility market in Brazil and Latin America. According to the Chinese, they have invested 15 million reals, the equivalent of around 2.28 million euros, in the 5,000-square-meter plant. It is already BYD’s third plant in Brazil and the first factory for lithium iron phosphate batteries in South America. The new production facility in Manaus, the capital of the Brazilian state of Amazonas, can manufacture 18,000 LiFePO4 battery modules for electric buses annually. In the context of the planned e-bus production in Brazil, BYD also commissioned a new lithium iron phosphate battery factory locally last year as reported. Besides, the traditional rearview mirrors have been replaced with two high-resolution cameras, the company said.īYD produced the twelve chassis at its plant in Campinas, Brazil – also in the state of São Paulo – and are already at Marcopolo for final assembly, so they are expected to be delivered on time in October. BYD does not mention any performance data in its announcement but highlights interior features such as upholstered seats with headrests, individual USB ports, installed monitors on the ceiling and full LED headlights. It is based on an articulated chassis with an integrated electric drive. The body of type Attivi Express has been mainly the responsibility of Marcopolo. It only says that the charging process takes three hours. The manufacturer does not provide any details on the charging technology. The bendy bus, which BYD develops with Marcopolo, Latin America’s largest bus bodies manufacturer, is 22 meters long, has lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4) batteries, a range of 250 kilometres and space for 168 passengers. The city had already leased 30 electric cars from the Chinese manufacturer in mid-2018 (the e5 and e6 models) for use in the police and other government agencies.īYD expects to deliver the dozen articulated e-buses by October this year but has now made more details available. BYD will supply the transport company there with the said twelve units. Located in the state of São Paulo, the town is set to become the first municipality to benefit from the articulated e-buses made in Brazil. The e-bus is part of an order BYD received from São José dos Campos in May 2020. By October of this year, the manufacturer, together with partner Marcopolo, plans to deliver twelve units for use on Brazil’s first all-electric bus corridor in São José dos Campos. Bendy bus Brazil BYD E-buses Marcopolo São José dos CamposīYD has unveiled its first electric articulated bus produced in Brazil.
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