Well, the thing is, the issue has started to get out, and they’ve announced that the project for the first fully Mexican-made car, the “4T” (a reference to a specific Mexican political party), has drastically increased its price.
They promised it would cost ninety thousand pesos, and now it turns out it’s going to cost at least one hundred and fifty thousand. And get this, they’re clarifying that it could reach two hundred thousand pesos. So you’re better off just buying a real car. The problem is that it’s getting more expensive due to technical factors and elements they forgot along the way.
What’s most striking is the explanation for the price increase. They say it’s because of the lithium and the circuits, but also because of the legal obligation to include safety systems like ABS brakes and airbags. In other words, if you’re a car designer and you didn’t take into account that the car has to brake and have airbags, well, we’re screwed.
It’s going to be like the Ehécatl ventilators that never happened or the Patria vaccine. The Vochairo (a reference to a popular Mexican political party) joins that list of projects that just won’t go anywhere. They say that on World Cup day, it won’t be sold anymore, as Sheinbaum had stated. They’re just going to present a prototype.
We always have to bet on the absolute ineptitude of a government that says extracting oil is just digging a hole and that’s it.
Source: martinespinosa
