Sao Paulo, Brazil - Recent

Storyline:
Sao Paulo has embraced the first of 14 five-car trainsets that China's e-vehicle brand BYD is supplying for the city's long-awaited monorail project.

Being plagued by delays, the construction for Sao Paulo's Monorail Gold Line was supposed to be finished for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. According to the government, the monorail will start running in the first half of 2026, more than a decade beyond the original plan.

All the trains that will service this line are manufactured in China, each of which are composed of five cars with a total capacity of 600 passengers.

Tyler Lee, president of BYD Brazil, said that the latest technologies are duly incorporated into their design.

As China continues to emerge in the field of new energy, the Brazilian government is eagerly seeking new cooperation opportunities.

Tarcisio de Freitas, Sao Paulo Governor, highly appraised the impressive performance demonstrated by Chinese companies.

Shotlist:
Sao Paulo, Brazil - Recent:
1. Various of bus moving;
2. Workers working;
3. Various of road, bridge;
4. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Matheus Brandao, TV Camera Operator (starting with shot 3/ending with shot 5):
"Let's see if this time it finally happens. It's already been ten years since it was supposed to be finished, right Let's see if now at last it will help the people. It would make my commute much easier. Here in Sao Paulo at any time of the day, you'll hit a traffic jam somewhere."
5. Passengers getting on bus;
6. Bus moving;
7. Traffic jam;
8. Various of passengers sitting in bus;
9. Aerial shot of workers unloading locomotive;
10. Various of workers moving locomotive;
11. Various of engineers talking;
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Tayler Lee, president, BYD Brazil (starting with shot 11):
"For this train, we don't have a driver. Like I said, it's totally automatic. And with the air suspension, passengers will feel comfortable taking this kind of train."
13. Various of engineers talking, operating;
14. Workers gathering;
15. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Tarcisio de Freitas, Sao Paulo Governor (starting with shot 14)
"This opens the door to other investments, as we have the ambition in our government plan to greatly expand the monorail system. Obviously, we want to rely on the expertise and investment of those who do this with excellence, and who do it a lot. So, of course, Chinese companies are very welcome."
16. Locomotive;
17. Interiors of train car, console;
18. Workers.

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