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First Ethanol Bus Of The Americas
By Mr Ethanol | October 24, 2007
Yesterday (23), São Paulo became the first city on the continent to have the vehicle launched. The objective of the project, executed by the University of São Paulo, is to reduce the emission of polluting gases, providing incentives to the use of alcohol instead of diesel in public transportation.
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Starting in December, the city of São Paulo, the largest city in Brazil, located in the southeast of the country, is going to be the first city in the Americas to have an ethanol-powered bus. The vehicle, which was released yesterday (23), is a project developed by the University of São Paulo (USP), executed by the National Centre for Reference in Biomass (Cenbio) under the Institute of Electrotechnics and Energy (IEE). “This project has a social and environmental impact. I hope that it is expanded to other cities in Brazil, becoming a project of reference to other cities in the world,” stated the IEE director, José Aquiles Baesso Grimoni.
The main objective is to reduce pollution, providing incentives to the use of ethanol instead of diesel, which is currently used in urban public transportation in Brazil. The new vehicle is going to operate for a year in the city of São Paulo, between the neighbourhoods of Jabaquara and São Mateus, as a test for demonstration of viability.
According to the coordinator of the project, José Roberto Moreira, the use of ethanol in public transportation reduces carbon monoxide emissions by 92%. “Now the idea is to have the bus operating together with other buses in the fleet to make comparisons,” he said.
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