2024-02-29 14:52:21
Higer signs contract to supply 100 electric buses to Uruguay
Higer Bus, the world leader in the production of electric buses, won the tender for 100 electric buses in Uruguay for CUTCSA – Companhia Uruguaia de Transporte Coletivo SA The signing of the contract took place on Tuesday, 27th, in the presence of the Mayor of Montevideo, Carolina Cosse and the president of Cutsca, Juan Antonio Salgado, the company responsible for operating 65% of the urban bus fleet in the Uruguayan capital.
“For us, it is another important step in the South American project, where we foresee the implementation of a technical center in Brazil later this year and a factory from 2025 onwards, from where the models will come to serve Uruguay and other markets in Latin America” analyzed Marcelo Barella, director of operations at Higer Bus in Latin America
In the featured image we see the AZURE A12BR Model, which will be the same model that operates in the Brazilian market and will be assembled in the country in 2025.
The contract with 100 electric buses provides for the delivery of 94 Azure A12BR vehicles, the same standard 12-meter model with which the brand operates in the Brazilian market, in addition to six urban vehicles customized by the factory, with an open top. Delivery will take place in two batches, half in June and the other half in November.
About TEVX HIGER
The operation in the Brazilian market of HIGER BUS – world leader in the manufacture of electric buses – is under the responsibility of TEVX Motors Group (focused on offering sustainable mobility solutions, operating in the import of buses, provision of following-sales services, technical representation of CATL batteries and the supply of spare parts). With an annual revenue of US$5, 5 billion and the capacity to produce 35 thousand buses annually, HIGER BUS exports around 30% of its production to dozens of countries. And in its Chinese plant there is a line dedicated to the Brazilian Azure portfolio.
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