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The president, Jair Messias Bolsonaro, received Marcopolo's board and employees yesterday and got to know the electric bus project 100% produced in Brazil.
Yesterday, at an official event, the President of the Republic, Jair Bolsonaro, met with representatives and members of Marcopolo, a Brazilian company specialized in bus production, for the presentation of the 100% electric vehicle produced in Brazil. The President drove the bus from Alvorada to the plateau, and highly praised the Green initiative. Along with the country's leader were the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Marcopolo, Mauro Bellini, Senator Flávio Bolsonaro and Ministers Paulo Guedes (Economy), Marcos Pontes (Science and Technology), Augusto Heleno (GSI), Joaquim Leite (Environment ) and Bento Albuquerque (Mines and Energy).
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In his speech, the President praised Bellini's entrepreneurial spirit, recalled the end of COP 26 and reinforced the importance of green technology to reduce the economic impact of the increase in fossil fuels.
In addition to the President, Belini also spoke a little about the projects that Marcopolo has in mind, in addition to reinforcing that these new projects will bring jobs and income to the country. “The idea is to show the capacity that the National Industry has to invest in technology to bring the best in the world to be produced in Brazil, generating jobs and encouraging this industrial park”, said the businessman.
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The Minister of Economy, Paulo Guedes, reinforced the importance of Brazilian entrepreneurship, showing that green technology and other trends of this type have space in Brazil.
The promise that remains with the possibility of implementing fully electric mass public transport in Brazil also involves making it cheaper, which is always an issue in great discussion among politicians.
100% national electric bus: Tested and Approved
The 100% electric bus that Marcopolo brought to Brasília yesterday is not just a “party” prototype, as it is being used experimentally by Suzantur.
A company, responsible for operating public transport on ABC Paulista and in the city of São Carlos, in the interior of SP, has been testing the same vehicle that was taken to Brasília today, on a similar route to the tr03 line (Terminal Santo André Oeste/Terminal Vila Luzita- Via Passos Municipal), only without taking passengers.
At this moment, the autonomy of the vehicle is 250 km, by bus, and it can be recharged in up to 4 hours.
the electric buses plug-in are more interesting than trolleybuses?
This is a question that some people often ask about urban electric public transport.
Trolleybuses, a direct evolution of the so-called electric trams, are vehicles powered by electricity that can only travel within certain paths, as they depend on electricity generated by a high voltage network, from which they draw the electricity needed to move.
Despite being cheaper to build at the present time, trolleybuses generate a huge infrastructure cost, so that cable networks are laid, allowing the movement of these primitive electric buses.
These buses have less mobility and they always end up facing difficulties when it comes to staying “on the rails”, because usually only when changing lanes and especially when making curves a little more abruptly, the trolleybuses end up disconnecting from the network, forcing the driver to leave the vehicle. vehicle and put it back on the track, which causes considerable inconvenience.
At that moment, the technology used in the 100% national electric bus is still the plug-in technology, where the vehicle has a battery with limited autonomy and needs to be recharged. In the future, it is expected that the electric fleet in Brazil will run on Green hydrogen, which tends to be more economical and, above all, easier to produce in Brazil.
What else do we know about Marcopolo?
to Marcopolo is a multinational company headquartered in Brazil, which has shown incredible growth in recent years.
Being responsible for almost half of the national production of buses, Marcopolo is the third largest coachbuilder on the planet.
It has factories in various plans in various parts of the world and the company's offer to present a 100% electric prototype means that there is great interest on the part of the company. In developing even more models.
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