BYD has delivered 100 e-buses for operations in Uruguay

On September 19, BYD delivered 100 fully electric buses to CUTCSA, Uruguay’s largest electric public transit operator, at its Qingdao factory.

CUTSCA expressed its commitment to achieving a fully electrified fleet by 2040 through continued collaboration.

A study out in late 2023 forecasted that 25,000 e-buses are going to be deployed in Latin America by 2030.

BYD e-buses delivered to Uruguay’s operator CUTCSA

The event was attended by several guests, including Juan Antonio Salgado, President of CUTCSA Group; Fernando Barcia, General Manager; Martin Orlando, Minister Counselor of Uruguay in China; Deng Yuan, Country Manager for BYD Uruguay; Zhang Lin, Deputy General Manager of BYD America Auto Sales Division; and Wang Bao Can, General Manager of BYD’s Commercial Vehicle Factory in Qingdao.

The delivered K9UD electric buses, measuring 12 meters in length, are tailored for the Uruguayan market, BYD points out.

BYD is leading Latin American e-bus market

Around 5,900 electric buses are in operation in 41 cities in 12 Latin American countries, according to data highlighted in the E-Bus Radar, whose update was launched during South American trade expo LAT.BUS 2024 in early August.

BYD is leading the Latin America fleet with 2,600 units, followed by Foton (1,380) and Yutong (840).

Santiago de Chile is still a performance leader with 2,480 units operating – more than half of those are coming from Foton (1,338, 54% share), then BYD (791). And 214 Yutong buses are currently being delivered (as of August).

In total, Chile has 2,659 EV buses in operation, followed by Colombia with 1,590 units running (97% of those are BYD: 1,547; 93% are in operation in the capital city Bogotà, where the OEM has been awarded a tender for over 1,000 e-buses back in 2021). Quite far, in the third place, Mexico has 694 e-buses in service, with Yutong in the first place (70% share). Brazil has 602 e-buses in operation.