{"id":1565154,"date":"2022-07-21T17:49:58","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T21:49:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1565154"},"modified":"2022-07-21T17:50:02","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T21:50:02","slug":"chiles-first-electric-bus-factory-aims-to-ease-fossil-fuel-dependency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chiles-first-electric-bus-factory-aims-to-ease-fossil-fuel-dependency\/","title":{"rendered":"Chile\u2019s first electric bus factory aims to ease fossil fuel dependency"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchiles-first-electric-bus-factory-aims-to-ease-fossil-fuel-dependency%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1565154&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/oan-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p> (Corrects spelling name in last paragraph)<\/p>\n<p>SANTIAGO (Reuters) -Electric buses built by a Chilean company are now operating in the world\u2019s top copper-producing nation, as the country seeks ways to reduce its use of fossil fuels and achieve its environmental goals.<\/p>\n<p>Reborn Electric Motor, located about 84 kilometers (52 miles) south of Chile\u2019s capital Santiago, aims to produce 200 electric busses a year, enough to keep some 65,000 tonnes of carbon out of the atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p>Chile\u2019s environment ministry is spearheading a new law that would commit the country to net zero carbon emissions by 2050, matching a previously stated goal by state-owned copper giant Codelco to become copper neutral. <\/p>\n<p>Reborn\u2019s electric heavy-duty buses are already shuttling workers at Codelco\u2019s Teniente mine.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 While Reborn builds the buses from scratch, it also gives existing diesel buses an electric future by converting them in a process the company says produces an option that\u2019s both sustainable and economical.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe take diesel buses, take out the diesel motor, the diesel tank, and we install lithium ion batteries and electric motor and control system, and with that we have end up with a bus with zero emissions at a much more accessible price,\u201d said Reborn co-founder Ricardo Repenning.<\/p>\n<p>The company hopes its efforts can help promote the industry outside of Chile.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur goal is for state-of-the-art technology to be produced from Chile and that this technology can be used globally,\u201d said Felipe Cevallos, the company\u2019s general manager.<\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by Reuters TV; 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