polographer@lemm.eetoTechnology@lemmy.world•Snubbed by Tesla, Mexican government pledges to create its own small, affordable electric carEnglish
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1 month agoWhat the article fails to discover is that Mexico already has an electric car. https://zacua.com/?lang=en , design is similar to a smart four two, range is low ~ 124 miles and price is high for Mexico ~ 30k usd. The BYD dolphin is in Mexico around ~21k with a range of 236 miles. So the Mexican one doesn’t compete at all.
It would be great if there are more incentives to the local production, so this may be good thing for Mexico.
Ahh yes that’s true I forgot that, while that not a highway speed it is perfectly fine for city, most cities max speed is around 40/60 km/h in Mexico. The designof the car is purely for inside city.