The energy transition is in full course in Brazil and worldwide, and mobility – whether terrestrial or aerial – is one of the central vectors of this movement. In a panel held on Friday (25), during the Expert XP 2025BYD and Eve Air Mobility representatives have highlighted how companies are positioned to lead this process.
Pablo Toledo, director of BYD, stressed that the manufacturer, now leader in electrified vehicles in the country, delivered 60 electric buses to the city of São Paulo and operates in the 17-Line of the subway. Born as a battery manufacturer, the company expanded to four pillars: solar energy, specialized vehicles, public transport and semiconductors.
“Our mission is to contribute to reduce global temperature to a degree, with a systemic approach,” said Toledo. According to him, Brazil occupies strategic role, being BYD’s first market outside China and housing its largest international industrial plant in Camaçari (BA).
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Meanwhile, Johann Bordais, CEO of Eve Air Mobility, presented the company’s view to. The focus is on developing Electric takeoff and vertical landing (EVTOLS), capable of performing dozens of daily flights in urban centers such as São Paulo.
“We don’t want to replace helicopters, but climb cheaper, silent and sustainable solutions,” he explained. The company has already signed a contract with Startup Revo to operate urban flights in the state capital from 2027 – an estimated year for the certification of the vehicle with the National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC).
According to Bordais, the infrastructure will be taken advantage of existing helipads, with some necessary adaptations. “There are more than 260 helipads in the city, and about 100 can be converted into vertes,” he said. The company also received financial support from BNDES (R $ 500 million) and FINEP (R $ 90 million) for factories and technological development.
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Infrastructure and Future
The abundance of renewable energy in Brazil – hydroelectric, wind, biomass and solar – was cited by BYD to Toledo as a competitive advantage for the country and for companies that bet on sustainable business.
However, looking specifically at the electrified cars, the bottleneck is still in the distribution. “The big lock is to make this energy efficiently come to cities and consumers. We have technology and offer, but we need to untie this knot,” he said.
Nevertheless, he projects that a whole business ecosystem will benefit from the recharge points, which promise to play a central role in the future economy. “These points today are totems, but they will become media, commercial space, shops. The recharge infrastructure will be a new economic ecosystem.”
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For Eve CEO, who thinks these evolutions are in the distant future – whether the greatest presence of electrified cars or even “flying cars” – can miss opportunities. “100% electric urban mobility will happen. The question is not if, when.”
He predicts that the advancement in batteries and regulations will allow more people to carry more people with longer distances, with even autonomous flights in the long run. “For the next 20 years, we plan to put 30,000 vehicles in the world. This will require changes in air traffic, but they are transformations thinking about the future of the planet and what consumers are looking for.”
