The countries of Latin America and the Caribbean now have over 10,000 electric buses—a significant milestone. A major share of these buses originates from
It’s nice to celebrate this achievement and 10.000 electric buses for sure will benefit health, enviroment and the economy! But, it would be better to include what percentage of total buses this represents.
If I got you right, the percentages you are looking for are in the article and you can have a visual representation in Figure 2 - Share of the electric bus fleet (…)
This graph shows, as far as i understand, the share of the electric bus fleet per country of latin america.
So, for example, 47% of latin american electric buses are located in Chile.
I would have liked something like “15% of Ecuadorian buses are electric”.
I hope that makes sense.
But, this is generaly information that is hard to find for most countries.
Intreseting point you made there, and I think you are correct. Found this relevant percentage about Chile, Santiago. And damn, I had to do some digging.
According to official data, the fleet went from 922 electric buses in 2022 to 4,088 units in February 2026, and is projected to reach 4,400 electric buses during 2026 – a figure equal to roughly 68% of the entire system fleet. [source]
To clarify and to my understanding, here they talk about the Red Movilidad system fleet which is the public transport system that serves Santiago.
The alliance was founded in 2019, initially focusing on major cities such as Medellín, Mexico City, São Paulo, and Santiago de Chile, where a combined total of around 50,000 buses operate.
It’s nice to celebrate this achievement and 10.000 electric buses for sure will benefit health, enviroment and the economy! But, it would be better to include what percentage of total buses this represents.
If I got you right, the percentages you are looking for are in the article and you can have a visual representation in Figure 2 - Share of the electric bus fleet (…)
This graph shows, as far as i understand, the share of the electric bus fleet per country of latin america. So, for example, 47% of latin american electric buses are located in Chile.
I would have liked something like “15% of Ecuadorian buses are electric”. I hope that makes sense.
But, this is generaly information that is hard to find for most countries.
Intreseting point you made there, and I think you are correct. Found this relevant percentage about Chile, Santiago. And damn, I had to do some digging.
To clarify and to my understanding, here they talk about the Red Movilidad system fleet which is the public transport system that serves Santiago.
Nice, thanks!
So, 10,000 out of 50,000?