Snubbed by Tesla, Mexican government pledges to create its own small, affordable electric car
Snubbed by Tesla, Mexican government pledges to create its own small, affordable electric car
What 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.
The Zacua only goes up 85kph. While it may be good for intra city driving it may not be ideal for much else, even in Mexico with somewhat lower max road speeds.
The price point is way off, but strangely enough I've personally been champing at the bit for something with pretty much exactly those specs,just at about half the price.
Currently, I daily drive an SUV and do get good use out of it. I have to commute in the snow (essential employee,) I have outdoorsy hobbies that require hauling people and camping gear around, I tow some small trailers, I use it pretty frequently to move furniture, pick up lumber and other bulky stuff from the hardware store, etc. and while I don't go off-roading in the sense that I don't purposely go looking for rocks to climb and mud to drive through for fun, I do sometimes drive onto a beach to fish or drive onto fields for various reasons, and find myself on some really shitty dirt roads where some ground clearance and 4wd are necessary. I'm doing those things usually a few times a month.
But most of my daily driving adds up to 20 miles a day or less, on paved roads, rarely going over 45mph. I also have a wonky schedule where I rarely have to work more than 3 days in a row, and it's usually just me and occasionally my wife or my dog (rarely both at the same time)
I can't quite afford 2 cars, but something like this at the right price point would probably tip the scales in my favor. I could daily drive the small cheap electric car and save my SUV (or maybe a small truck) for my days off when I'm doing stuff that it's needed for while the small car charges.
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.
If they don't name it the Adobe they don't have a hair on their ass.
How are your knees? I saw that episode as a kid. Mine make noises when I stand up.
I can't decide if I like this or the Big Red Viking commercial better.
If you're after a small and affordable electric car then you're not exactly in the market for a Tesla anyway. What is this headline?
"If you're after a small and affordable electric car then you're not exactly in the market for a Tesla anyway."
That's the point of the headline and article.
since Tesla isn't making the affordable cars they promised to consumers, countries like Mexico are going to make the affordable cars promise to consumers.
Teslitos
Tesalsa
Tesalsalitos
Good, Elon deserves nothing but the middle finger.
Nice! Hope we'll see it imported into the US too.
Güero Motors introduces its new, ultra-affordable EV for the North American taxi/Uber/Lyft market, the Cab Run.
The Shevvie Siva.
I'd love that, Tesla is a fucking joke of a company
Restart the Beetle plant and make an EV version of the original.
Give me like 150-200 miles range and charge ~$20k and I'd buy it. Don't need anything fancy, just something to get to work and back.
Something people don't consider is that lighter cars can have better ranges with smaller batteries. That also means it doesn't take as long to charge the batteries when you stop somewhere for lunch. The Aptera is the only EV that's light enough to get away with pure solar charging for most use cases. An aluminum beetle with solar covering the roof might be close as well.
It might have a shot. It has a large auto industry already. All it needs are batteries and electric motors.
Good, Tesla sucks.
Don't worry, the US govt will put huge tariffs on them soon enough.
Probably can't do that under NAFTA (or whatever Trump renamed it to).
You mean like the softwood lumber dispute that's been going on for over 40 years where the US has put illegal tariffs on Canadian softwood exports? The one where they've been found in breach of the agreement multiple times and still haven't fixed it?
Yeah, I'm sure they would never put tariffs on Mexican electric cars to protect their own auto industries.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada%E2%80%93United_States_softwood_lumber_dispute
USMCA, like I'd you coughed while orgasming.
Pretty sure Hyundai/Kia are coming out with a 20K EV, Citroen EC3 is coming out too. Dacia has had a 20K euro ev for a while but that looked kinda iffy.
VW e-up and Skoda Citigo EVs are a thing too, Fiat 500e but that's kinda expensive
So just invite hyundai/kia into your country?
The affordable car act
Bring back the Nova and sell a bundle of some steel wool, rubber bands, and used 9v batteries. Package it all in a cookies tin.
Sell it as a direct competitor to the CyberTruck with all the same features and promises including towing a 911 faster than a 911.
Snubbed by Tesla
Ah, so there is something Tesla can do that will actually have a positive effect in the world.
... with blackjack and hookers.
How much is that option package?
Aprox $35,000 less than a comparable Tesla.
In fact, forget the EV!
With cocaine and AK-47s