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Enrico Punsalang

Cuba's Streets Are Bustling With Electric Scooters And Motorbikes

Cuba is considered by some to be a living, breathing classic car museum, with a sizable chunk of the vehicles on the road there being from the period before the Cuban Revolution. That means 1950's Cadillacs, Chevrolets, Buicks, and Fords can be seen rolling the streets on a near daily basis. Meanwhile, other vehicles consist of then-Soviet made machines, or Poland-produced Fiats. That being said, Cuba is also fast becoming an EV-focused country. 

By EV, I don't mean electric cars, but rather, electric scooters and small motorbikes. Unsurprisingly, for a country that has been struggling with acquiring a thoroughly modern form of personal mobility, the country is turning to electric two-wheelers, something that is fast becoming a universally accepted way of getting around, especially in Europe and Asia. While models from mainstream manufacturers aren't likely to hit the Cuban market anytime soon, this doesn't mean that innovation from within the country can't spark a change. 

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