QCOSTARICA In 2001, only 600,000 owners of vehicles paid the Marchamo, the annual circulation permit. By December of last year, Instituto Nacional de Seguros (INS), which is responsible for the collection, reports receiving payment for 1.6 million Marchamos. This is almost triple growth in just over 20 years, which explains the serious traffic congestion…
QCOSTARICA A growing number of cases of electric vehicle imports are raising concerns about the lack of adequate warranty and protocols. In Costa Rica, the arrival of cars without backrests and with possible irregularities, such as altered kilometers or dashboards or in languages other than Spanish, has caught the attention of authorities and those…
With a New CEO, Toyota at an EV Crossroads Facebook Twitter Email WASHINGTON, D.C. — As Koji Sato prepares to take over as the next CEO of Toyota Motor Corporation, 54 advocacy organizations from around the world today called on the automaker to commit to phase out all internal combustion engine vehicles in coming years. The letter, whose signatories include Public Citizen, Center for Biological Diversity, Electric Vehicle Association, GreenLatinos, Greenpeace Japan, Sierra Club, and members of the Latin American Association for Sustainable Mobility, called on the automaker to shift to building solely EVs in the U.S. and Europe by 2030 and globally by 2035. “As incoming CEO, you have the opportunity to change course on decades of harm and deceit caused by Toyota and lead the industry toward its electric future,” the letter reads. “With no tailpipe emissions, electric vehicles are better for our health and essential to keeping our planet livable.” Under the