For decades Mexico has ranked among the planet's biggest car manufacturers, bolting together millions of vehicles a year for Ford, GM, and Volkswagen. What it lacked was a homegrown, mass-market passenger brand to call its own. That gap began to close on June 7, when President Claudia Sheinbaum steered a six-seat electric prototype onto a stage at the Santa Lucía military air base north of Mexico City and introduced the country to the Olinia 1.
Two weeks on, the conversation it set off hasn't quieted down.
