They should export, or licence to fabricate, to other continents.
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Imagine how great if Mexico became an auto export giant by just making one reasonable normal EV
Honestly a lot of cars are already made in Mexico, just badged with an American logo
Or VW. They’ve be making licensed Jettas and Golf for decades, not to mention all the classic Beetles for so long.
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I can imagine a future in which these become more common in the US than ridiculous US trucks.
I can’t, especially not with the chicken tax and the right wing’s apparent need to burn diesel fuel to prove how patriotic they are.
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Looks like a Kei truck, love those things
Que truck
Kei trucks are japan origin work trucks that are basically if you shrank a semi truck cab to be a pickup truck
You might spot a few for tasks like delivery to local grocery stores
Imo way more respectable than pickup trucks, those went from working trucks to manoverse fake masculinity
There's a guy on Youtube who's designing an open source kei truck right now. He's planning on selling kits once the design work is done
You can't just say that and not stop a link, or a name
probably this? I haven't watched it but it keeps coming up in my feed
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Kei trucks are so much fun - wish I had one! Sure they don't have enough power to pull a hat off your head, but they're a blast to drive around.
On a side note, it's pretty entertaining trying to drive one in full chem gear 😄
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Italy had a similar thing going on after WW2, when the economy was in the shitter. Piaggio Ape is a light commercial truck that is actually a Vespa scooter with three wheels, cabin and a box or bed. Cheap and does its thing. They're in continuous production since 1948, also made in India. (A fun detail: 'vespa' means wasp, while 'ape' means 'bee'.)
There are/were various configurations, including curiously a firetruck model of the Ape Pentarò semi:
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Can we import this into the US? 👉👈
Can't you just ask Trump to rename some diesel pickup to EV? Would be easier.
Trump branded ev... $100 says it would run on coal.
Bold of you to assume a Trump branded vehicle would run at all!
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I think chicken tax is for overseas only? So maybe?
BTW, to anyone who thinks this is some sort of random joke: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_Tax
I doubt it. Mexico doesn't adhere to NHTSA FMVSS standards, unlike Canada and the US. This is why Mexico has foreign brands like Renault, Peugeot, MG, etc that the rest of North America* doesn't get. Mexico also continued to sell the 1990 version of the Tsuru (Sentra/Sunny) in base, no airbags until 2017, which wouldn't have been legal in the US past 1998.
*excluding St Pierre and Miquelon
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I think this sort of project is a thing that all governments should adopt. These products set a baseline for affordability and performance, against which commercial competitors would have to compete against. This essentially creates a more ideal capitalism, without requiring direct pricing controls.
Also, the government providing baseline products is good for the important part of the economy: getting realworld stuff done. Cargo can't move itself, and we want people to minimize the amount of energy and time spent doing everything. By freeing up time and money, people can use these resources for raising family, forming bonds, and engaging in hobbies.
Nations should work towards ensuring that all their citizens can live their best lives.
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Mexico knows how to do autos for most of their citizens, not just the upper-middle class like the rest of N. America.
Tgey want own their cars and not lease a 98k dollar truck they can't afford so people think they can afford a 98k dollar truck
But if they purchase direct, how will the poor leasing company make any money?!
Imagine living in a country where workers own their means of production, instead of renting in perpetuity from a bunch of industry landlords.
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Would.
This is the way. Nicely priced and small and usefull. Viva Mexico!
Hell yeah, an electric Mexican Kei truck.
Eating Ford's lunch seven ways from Sunday
I didn't see how fast it can go. 74.5 miles(120km) and almost 1500lbs(650kg), this would handle most of my personal driving around if can do at least near 60mph(96.5km/h)
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STATE SPONSORED PICKUP. Scary.
But at what cost?!
If i had to have a car, i'd probably get one like this. Small and urban but with a little extra cargo space.
That's great to hear. I hope they do well.
It's almost like an electric wheelbarrow with a cab. I like it.
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