Azerbaijan wants to replace 3,000 buses with combustion engines with electric models. Several suppliers are in the running, but one is already positioning itself: BYD is planning a production line for electric buses in the former Soviet republic.
This seems like a good deal for Azerbaijan. Apparently BYD is not simply selling buses, they are forming a partnership with a local company to build a factory that will build the buses. OF course, the devil is always in the details in these deals, so who knows.
That said, there is of course a geopolitic angle to this, but as long as the next cold war is fought by “who can build green tech cheaper” instead of missiles like in Russia, I don’t see the problem.
However, I don’t think Azerbaijan likes being referenced as a “former Soviet country”. Imagine if the US was referenced as a “former English colony” or China as a “former Mongolian colony”.
This seems like a good deal for Azerbaijan. Apparently BYD is not simply selling buses, they are forming a partnership with a local company to build a factory that will build the buses. OF course, the devil is always in the details in these deals, so who knows.
That said, there is of course a geopolitic angle to this, but as long as the next cold war is fought by “who can build green tech cheaper” instead of missiles like in Russia, I don’t see the problem.
However, I don’t think Azerbaijan likes being referenced as a “former Soviet country”. Imagine if the US was referenced as a “former English colony” or China as a “former Mongolian colony”.
Earth: former european colony
Out of Africa is pretty canon at far as I know.
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