{"id":50054036,"date":"2022-05-18T17:59:39","date_gmt":"2022-05-18T16:59:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stage.dialogochino.net\/?p=54036"},"modified":"2023-06-09T22:13:42","modified_gmt":"2023-06-09T19:13:42","slug":"54007-bogota-leads-colombia-electric-vehicles-shift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/energy\/54007-bogota-leads-colombia-electric-vehicles-shift\/","title":{"rendered":"Bogot\u00e1 leads Colombia\u2019s shift to electric vehicles"},"content":{"rendered":"

In April, Colombia reached an important milestone in the country\u2019s race towards electrifying its transport sector. With the entry of 406 new electric buses<\/a> into Bogot\u00e1\u2019s public transport system, its fleet reached 1,061 vehicles, and thus crowned the capital as the city with the largest electric bus network in the world outside China, a position previously held by Santiago de Chile<\/a>.<\/p>\n

According to the city\u2019s mobility secretary, Felipe Ram\u00edrez, a further 424 vehicles will arrive later this year, with this wave of new buses consolidating Colombia\u2019s position as a leader on electrification in Latin America.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nThe total number of electric vehicles in Colombia as of April 2022, according to RUNT, the national vehicle registry
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Since 2018, the country has recorded the highest number of all-electric vehicle sales in Latin America, with a total of 5,025 units across consumer, public transport and commercial fleets, according to reports<\/a> from Colombia\u2019s National Association for Sustainable Mobility (Andemos).<\/p>\n

Uptake is also accelerating: figures from the National Association of Colombian Businessmen (ANDI) report<\/a> that 1,104 electric vehicles were sold in the first quarter of this year, 232% more than in the same period last year.<\/p>\n

By the end of April, a total of 7,782 electric vehicles had been registered across Colombia in the Single National Traffic Registry (RUNT), the system that keeps track of the country\u2019s vehicle sector.<\/p>\n

These latest statistics may not sound significant when compared to the size of the entire Colombian vehicle fleet, which numbers more than 6.7 million, not including motorbikes. However, they are exceeding the expectations of the national government, which had targeted reaching 6,600 RUNT-registered electric vehicles by the end of August this year.

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