Twists and Turns : New Business Models

Electric buses have been the fastest-growing electric vehicle segment over the past five years by a wide margin. The market is changing quickly as both national and local governments make new commitments to address climate change and the horrific a...

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Main Author: Graham, John
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC 2020
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/276971587366682133/Twists-and-Turns-New-Business-Models
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spelling okr-10986-336392021-05-25T10:54:43Z Twists and Turns : New Business Models Graham, John TRANSPORT BUS TRANSPORT ELECTRIC BUS SUSTAINABLE URBAN TRANSPORT GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS ELECTRIFICATION BUSINESS MODEL CLEAN TRANSPORT Electric buses have been the fastest-growing electric vehicle segment over the past five years by a wide margin. The market is changing quickly as both national and local governments make new commitments to address climate change and the horrific air quality conditions that plague some cities. To convert these ambitious commitments into reality, there is need of investable and bankable business models that work on a standalone basis. The state-heavy model, complete with lavish subsidies, won’t work for developing countries. So, the marketplace needs to invent the wheel here. Based on the early work on electric vehicles, what are some of the business models taking shape are presented in the report. 2020-04-23T16:40:55Z 2020-04-23T16:40:55Z 2020-01 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/276971587366682133/Twists-and-Turns-New-Business-Models http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33639 English IFC Transport Insights; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo International Finance Corporation International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief Chile China Colombia Ukraine Vietnam
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topic TRANSPORT
BUS TRANSPORT
ELECTRIC BUS
SUSTAINABLE URBAN TRANSPORT
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
ELECTRIFICATION
BUSINESS MODEL
CLEAN TRANSPORT
spellingShingle TRANSPORT
BUS TRANSPORT
ELECTRIC BUS
SUSTAINABLE URBAN TRANSPORT
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
ELECTRIFICATION
BUSINESS MODEL
CLEAN TRANSPORT
Graham, John
Twists and Turns : New Business Models
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description Electric buses have been the fastest-growing electric vehicle segment over the past five years by a wide margin. The market is changing quickly as both national and local governments make new commitments to address climate change and the horrific air quality conditions that plague some cities. To convert these ambitious commitments into reality, there is need of investable and bankable business models that work on a standalone basis. The state-heavy model, complete with lavish subsidies, won’t work for developing countries. So, the marketplace needs to invent the wheel here. Based on the early work on electric vehicles, what are some of the business models taking shape are presented in the report.
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title_short Twists and Turns : New Business Models
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publisher International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC
publishDate 2020
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