Mexico City authorities seized approximately 1,400 Chinese-made electric motorcycles from two dealerships in the Historic Center for failure to provide proof of legal entry into the country.
In a simultaneous operation lasting more than six hours, intelligence officers from the Secretariat of Citizen Security (SSC) and the local Secretariat of Administration and Finance (SAF), with assistance from the Navy, arrived at the locations located at República de Uruguay 105 and Lázaro Cárdenas 20 to seize these vehicles.
Both stores began operating in the Historic Center in October 2024 under the Z-L Moto brand, owned by Chinese businessmen.
In República de Uruguay, they seized just over 800 electric motorcycles, and in Eje Central 550. According to workers and customers of the stores, the vehicles were being offered for an estimated 15,000 pesos each.
According to the company’s announcements, the electric motorcycles reached speeds of up to 65 kilometers per hour and had a capacity of up to three passengers.
The city government is preparing several reforms to the Mobility Law and Traffic Regulations to define where they can circulate and under what obligations.
“They were seized because they lack the papers proving their legal presence in the country. (…) they entered illegally,” SAF personnel told this newspaper.
However, this company has another sales point located at 45 General Miguel Alemán Street, which was not verified or inspected by the authorities.
However, with the use of more than five cargo trucks, the electric motorcycles were taken to the SAF facilities, where foreign business owners and owners, if they wish to recover their merchandise, will have to do so through legal import certification for these motorcycles.
Source: oem
