Publications
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Implementation of Electric Buses in the City of São Paulo
This publication analyzes the implementation process of battery-electric buses in the city of São Paulo, highlighting the legal, institutional, and financial strategies adopted up to January 2025 to meet the decarbonization goals of the Municipal Climate Law. Through collaboration with the ZEBRA Partnership (co-led by the ICCT and C40 Cities), it examines an innovative partial [...]
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2025ReportBrazile-busesLatin America
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Characteristics of electric bus supply in Brazil
The battery electric bus fleet in Brazil has been gaining ground, with a greater presence in cities such as São Paulo, Belém, and Goiânia. To consolidate and compare the technical specifications of the models available in the domestic market, ICCT Brazil, within the framework of the ZEBRA partnership, co-led by C40 Cities, developed this analysis [...]
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2026ReportBrazile-busesMarket
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Unlocking finance challenges for improved deployment and operations of e-buses in India
While urban electrification is progressing across India, intercity e-buses remain under supported and face unique financial and infrastructural bottlenecks that require targeted interventions. This study, part of the Zero Emission Bus Rapid-deployment Accelerator (ZEBRA) Partnership, identifies critical pathways to accelerate the deployment of intercity electric buses across India. Temporary here [...]
2026Reporte-busesMarket
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Investing in electric bus deployment in Latin America: Overview of opportunity and market readiness
This report aims to assist the ZEBRA Partnership with its goal of accelerating the transition to zero-emission buses across Latin American cities by highlighting the business case for electric buses, the current state of the market, and its potential for growth. There are investment synopses for Bogotá, Santiago, Mexico City, São Paulo and Medellín. Temporary [...]
2020Reporte-busesfinanceLatin America
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Debt financing for zero emission buses in Latin America
This analysis aims to understand how cities can work with banks in LATAM to improve their ability to finance ZE buses temporary here. [...]
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2023Reportdebte-busesfinancing
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Accelerating a market transition in South Africa: Insights into the bus industry and emerging electric bus models
Focusing on Durban, Cape Town, Ekurhuleni, Johannesburg and Tshwane, this explains the current bus and electric bus (e-bus) landscape in South Africa, e-bus market potential, and models to accelerate e-bus deployment. More specifically, it presents the results of research examining bus ownership and service provision models, key stakeholders in both public and private sectors, the [...]
2024Reporte-busesMarketSouth Africa
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Pipeline of Electric Bus Projects in Latin America: An overview of 32 cities
To understand how electric bus projects are developing in the Latin American region and the plans that cities have for the electrification of public transportation fleets. This will provide a better overview to investors and financiers and help bridge the link between the needs of the cities with available financing supply. [...]
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2023Reporte-busesfinanceLatin America
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