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The article talks a lot about how China makes most of the electric cars and Mexico wants to "capture a piece of the action", but the Olinia has substantial amou
by porphyra 3mo ago
The article talks a lot about how China makes most of the electric cars and Mexico wants to "capture a piece of the action", but the Olinia has substantial amounts of its engineering and parts from China [1]. And instead of learning from a nice actual roadgoing car, they based it on a golf cart-like mini vehicle from a little-known Chinese motorcycle manufacturer.
[1] https://elceo.com/investigaciones-especiales/olinia-el-vinculo-con-china-detras-del-auto-electrico-de-claudia-sheinbaum/ https://elceo.com/investigaciones-especiales/olinia-el-vincu...
- rbanffy 3mo agoThat’s how industries start - integrating, then copying, then designing their own.