39
China electric
bus sales
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DRONE IMAGE: PHOTOGRAPH BY TAMARA MERINO AND CRISTIAN MORA FOR BLOOMBERG BUSINESSWEEK. DATA: BLOOMBERGNEF, BLOOMBERG INTELLIGENCE, CHINA AUTOMOTIVE INFORMATION NETWORK
Plugging In an E-Bus Fleet
① Passengers board an electric bus ② A driver activates an e-bus’s cameras and automatic doors ③ Cargo manager Carolina Caceres next to a charging station
100k
50
0
’12 ’18
Chilean President
Sebastián Piñera
traveled to China
in April to meet
with President Xi
Jinping. He also
visited BYD Co.’s
Shenzhen factory
and Zhengzhou
Yutong Bus Co.,
suppliers of
Santiago’s buses.