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Kevin Williams

State-Backed Mexican EV Startup Unveils $8,600 EV With 6 Seats

  • The Olinia Uno has a maximum range of 77 miles (125 kilometers) and a top speed of 31 mph (50 km/h).
  • It was developed in Mexico and is designed to make the most of Mexico's engineering talent, supply chain, and vehicle manufacturing.
  • The car will go on sale in Mexico next summer.

Mexico has been electrifying its car market at a fairly quick rate. Partially, that's because its less-stringent crash standards and warm relationship with China have seen its market fill up with reasonably-priced EVs. But as great as it is that Mexican drivers have their pick of the litter of imported Chinese models, that isn’t doing much for Mexico’s sizable production capacity and supply chain. Also, even though a new cheap Chinese EV could cost as little as $17,000 in Mexico, that’s still expensive for a country where the average wage is about $1,000 per month.

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