Mexico unveils the Olinia Uno, an $8,600 government-backed electric vehicle designed for city streets

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Mexico’s government-backed EV startup Olinia unveiled its first prototype, the Olinia Uno, at a ceremony featuring President Claudia Sheinbaum. The six-seat vehicle is designed for urban use at up to 50 km/h, carries a 14.7 kWh battery with 125 km of range, and will sell for about 150,000 pesos ($8,600) when deliveries begin in summer 2027. A cargo variant is expected in July.

Mexico’s government-backed electric vehicle project Olinia has unveiled its first prototype, a six-seat passenger vehicle called the Olinia Uno, at a ceremony where President Claudia Sheinbaum drove the car onto a stage inside a Mexican Air Force hangar north of Mexico City. The vehicle is priced at 150,000 pesos, roughly $8,600, and is designed for short urban trips rather than highway use.

“For a long time, people talked about how Mexico was a place only destined to produce what other people imagined,” Sheinbaum...

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