From Abu Dhabi to Colombia, electric buses take to the streets

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Masdar to deliver first all-electric bus service in the Middle East, as BYD continues Latin American expansion drive

You wait for ages for a sign the global market for electric buses is accelerating, and then two come along at once. This week on opposite sides of the world the first electric bus service in the Middle...

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