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Costa Rica to install 34 EV charging stations
April 15, 2019
Costa Rica has announced it will install 34 fast charging centres for electric vehicles across the country. The map for the location of the charging centres was announced as the Law of Incentives and Promotion for Electric Transportation was signed last week. The project was led by the Ministry of Environment and Energy and the […]
St. Lucia starts construction of first solar electric vehicle charging facility
March 25, 2019
A press release announced St. Lucia has started construction of a 54kW solar PV electric vehicle port system with electric vehicle (EV) charging stations. The construction of the facility, located in the parking lot of the Department of Infrastructure Ports and Energy, is led by Gearing Up Ltd, who won the contract through a competitive […]
Barbados government commits to electric buses and all-electric fleet by 2030
February 18, 2019
Electric buses will start operating throughout Barbados ‘by year-end’, said Minister of Energy Wilfred Abrahams. Initially, the Ministry of Transport will order twenty buses and work towards an all-electric fleet of government vehicles over the next 11 years. Minister Abrahams said, “We are moving to a completely electric fleet not just of buses but Government vehicles […]
Bermuda: Request for Information for the Supply of Public Buses
January 28, 2019
The Government of Bermuda has issued a Request for Information for the supply of public buses. This Request for Information “aims to gauge the interest from vendors and manufacturers” to supply low-emissions diesel, hybrid and/or electric buses to the Department of Public Transportation (DPT) of Bermuda, reads the news release. This project is the result […]
Electric vehicles industry is making strides in Costa Rica
January 8, 2019
Experts in the Costa Rican transport sector and industry predict changing tides and an increase in the use of electric vehicles in the country. Currently, only 600 out of 1.4 million private vehicles run on electricity. However, this is twice the number of electric vehicles that were on the roads in 2017. Bernal Munoz, a […]
The Caribbean and the EV Revolution-in-Waiting

From our Editorial Team
December 18, 2018
While most Caribbean islands are rapidly modernizing their electric grids, the modernization of transportation systems has lagged. Is change in the air? In November, for example, the government of Bermuda signed a memorandum of understanding with the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), embracing a plan to fully transition the island’s transportation sector to electric vehicles (EVs). […]
RMI and Bermuda sign MOU for energy transformation project
November 16, 2018
The Rocky Mountain Institute, an independent and world-leading energy advisor, and the Government of Bermuda have signed an agreement for two proposals which will launch the Energy Transition Project in Bermuda. The initiative aims to modernise the transportation and energy sectors on the island, providing cleaner alternatives and reducing costs for citizens. The first arm […]
Barbados government to implement more incentives for electric and green vehicles
November 8, 2018
With over 30% of Barbados’ total energy use utilised by the transportation sector, the Minister of Energy and Water Resources, Mr. Wilfred Abrahams, sees it as a critical sector to develop to successfully reach the country’s 2030 goal of 100% renewable energy. Mr. Abrahams announced his ministry was developing a hybrid/ electric bus programme, and […]
Cayman Islands look to electric vehicles to achieve renewables targets
September 20, 2018
The Cayman Islands’ National Energy Policy aims to achieve a target of 70% renewable energy by 2037. Infrastructure Minister, Mr Joey Hew, is optimistic this target will be met, helped by the small steps the government is making to promote and use the renewable energy sources in and around the islands. The latest policy aims […]