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CORPUS IS THE FIRST COMPANY IN THE WORLD TO ADOPT FLEET OF 100% ELECTRIC TRUCKS

Corpus Saneamento e Obras, headquartered in the municipality of Indaiatuba, Campinas region, in the state of São Paulo, announces the unprecedented and historic acquisition of 200 100% electric trucks for the garbage collection service. The deal provides for staggered delivery of vehicles, with annual deliveries by 2023. On 21 March, at a ceremony in China at BYD headquarters, the contract will be signed and delivery of the first batch of 21 units to be delivered by Brazil in September.The acquisition of 200 fully electric vehicles makes Corpus the first company in the Western world to form a fleet of this magnitude to carry out the garbage collection and processing service, reiterating what it did in 2016 with the purchase of the first 100% electric truck for this activity. The company highlights its commitment to sustainability, environmental preservation, the well-being of society and the communities served.

About BYD - Pioneer in clean energy solutions
BYD was founded in 1995 and has become the world's largest manufacturer of rechargeable batteries, energy storage systems, buses and 100% electric trucks. And since 2015, BYD has also been surprising as the largest plug-in hybrid electric vehicle manufacturer in the world (2015, 2016 and 2017).The company is present in five continents, more than 50 countries and in about 200 cities and has among its partners the American Warren Buffet. With more than 220,000 employees in 40 factories around the globe (including 20,000 research engineers), BYD is also the second largest supplier of mobile, tablet and laptop components in the world to other global brands, and considered FORBES is one of the 15 companies that are changing the world for Fortune Magazine's 'Change The World'.

In 2016, BYD won the UN's Zero Emission Eco System Award in the Large Corporations category. By 2016, the BYD electric forklift won the IFOY award for best electric forklift in the world. It was the first time that a non-European brand won the top prize in the logistics industry in Europe.In Brazil, BYD inaugurated its first plant in 2015 for the production of electric buses and the marketing of vehicles and forklifts in Campinas, in the interior of São Paulo. In April 2017, in that same place, inaugurated its plant of production of photovoltaic modules. BYD Brasil already employs around 460 employees in the cities of Campinas and São Paulo.

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