Subject: for WJC: CCI biweekly
From: Amitabh Desai <[email-masked]>
To: Hannah Richert - PC <[email-masked]>
Cc: Bruce Lindsey <[email-masked]>, Laura Graham <[email-masked]>, Doug Band - PC <[email-masked]>, Justin Cooper - PC <[email-masked]>, Jon Davidson - President Clinton <[email-masked]>, Gregory Milne <[email-masked]>, "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2012 18:22:07 -0400

Dear Hannah, attached for the President is the latest biweekly update from CCI. We'd welcome his feedback. Please note the excerpted bullet below. Thanks, Ami

"C40 Hybrid Electric Bus Test Program. Buses from BYD, the Chinese electric vehicle company, have been stuck in customs in Rio because their importer did not go through the proper channels, and now it will cost $60-70k USD to get them out. Currently, there is disagreement about who should pay for this (C40 thinks BYD should pay; they think we should).  A significant amount of staff resource has been put into solving this issue, but at this point there remains a possibility that no bus testing will happen in Rio or Sao Paulo.  Our core partner on this project is the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and they are aware of this issue."