Manufacturing

Mexico makes lots of electric cars, but few Mexicans drive them

GM Mexico
General Motors' assembly plant in Ramos Arizpe, Mexico, on Oct. 7, 2019. The company plans to restart manufacturing operations in the country on Friday. (REUTERS)
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AIDA PELAEZ-FERNANDEZ
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March 21, 2023 08:17 PM

With Tesla Inc's plan to open a $5 billion Gigafactory in Mexico, the country should soon become a hub of electric vehicle production, but EVs remain too expensive for most Mexicans and they are impractical to drive in much of the country, which lacks enough charging stations.

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