On September 9, the Mexican Association for the Promotion of Electric Vehicles (AMIVE) in collaboration with the Mexican Carbon Platform Mexico2, held the first edition of Mexico EV Day: Financing for Electric Mobility in Mexico, in the auditorium of the Mexican Stock Exchange. The event was a space for dialogue and rapprochement between two fundamental sectors to promote the decarbonization of transportation in the country: that of electric mobility and the financial sector. During the event, we had the participation of 20 experts in the field and more than 300 attendees, who shared success stories as well as challenges for electric mobility, mainly from a financial perspective.
We had the distinguished participation of Rosario Castro, Director of Metrobus, who shared with us the current status and electrification plans of the CDMX Metrobus system. During the panel “Public Transport and Finance” we heard successful examples of #electrification in cities such as Mérida with the Yucatán Transportation Agency, and Metrobus line 3 in CDMX by Mobility ADO. The panel was moderated by Carlos Mir, a specialist in the field from the United Nations Environment Agency.
The private sector was represented by leading companies in the sector such as 99 minutes and CE Neutral in the panel “Commercial Fleets” where the challenges and benefits faced by electric commercial fleets and their charging infrastructure were shared, said panel was moderated by our President Francisco Cabeza.
Experiences in Mexico and abroad were addressed in the panel Financing Schemes and Business Models with cases such as that of Hermosillo and its fleet of 100% electric patrol cars, we thank Mariano Birlain from the Climate Initiative of Mexico for his contributions on this transformative project. We also had valuable contributions from Rodrigo Díaz, from WRI Mexico and Alejandro Duk, from TIP Mexico.
Roberto Capuano, former Director of Metrobus in Mexico City, spoke with our General Director, Diana Ávalos, and shared with us the financial opportunities and challenges that exist in the electrification of public transport.
For his part, Roberto Talavera from FOTON Mexico shared important data about his operations in the country and in Latin America and the challenge of bringing the first truck powered by Hydrogen to Mexico.
During the panel “Electric mobility from the banking perspective” we heard about the #taxonomy that defines #electricmobility and encourages companies to comply with the SDGs. On the other hand, we heard about the opportunities that exist in carbon markets and project structuring. We appreciate the participation of Alba Aguilar from the Mexican Council of Sustainable Finance, Carlos Sánchez from Mexico2 and Mariana Silva from NTT Data, for sharing their vision in this panel.
We concluded with the panel “Development banking and international cooperation” where the opportunities offered by Development Banking for the implementation of electric mobility projects in the public and private sectors were discussed. We had the participation of Carlos Mier from Banobras, Fernando Barrera from NadBank, Mauricio Rincón from the USAID Net Zero Emissions Cities Program, Dulce Cortés from PROPARCO and Iván Cornejo from NAFIN. This panel was moderated by Marianna Lara, from the Global Green Growth Institute.
This event marked the beginning of a necessary dialogue with the financial sector that will be promoted by AMIVE.
