Asian brand electric cars will continue to be the best selling in Mexico, with or without a Byd plant, the Chinese giant of these vehicles, said Diana Ávalos, general manager of the Mexican Association of Impulse to the electric vehicle (AMIVE).
“Most Asian electric vehicles are having greater sales, because they offer more competitive prices,” said energy innovation, energy innovation.
For the directive, there are numbers that talked about a growth of 200 percent of last year sales to the first semester of 2025.
“When we see in market participation it is well below the combustion units, since they are only 5 percent of the vehicular fleet are electric; year after year there is an exponential growth of the sale of electric cars of Asian origin, thanks to imports from China, said the business representative
The Chinese manufacturer of electric vehicles, Byd, stopped his plans to build a plant in Mexico in the face of geopolitical tensions and uncertainty that persists for the commercial policies of the president of the United States, Donald Trump.
“There are some other brands that are looking to compete with compact and economic models, but the most attractive prices are still one of Asian companies,” said Diana Ávalos
The general manager of the Mexican Association of Impulse to the electric vehicle added that there is almost almost price parity between the most cheaper and combustion models models marketed in the Mexican market.
Cheaper electric vehicles are worth between 300 thousand pesos and 350 thousand pesos, a price at which the combustion economic compacts are marketed, if you add that acquiring an electric vehicle you save tenure and gasoline, as well as its maintenance is cheap for the slightest use of molds, he said.
Who is thinking about changing vehicles and using it in the cities, if it makes economic sense to acquire an electric vehicle, said the business leader.
According to the general manager of the Mexican Association of Impulse to the electric vehicle, the automotive sector and the Mexican economy are slowing down, which looks slower and estimated that less people will buy a vehicle for representing a debt.
“There is uncertainty throughout the economy, but we continue to see that there is a lot of interest of companies that want to electrify their flotters, because it generates financial savings, in addition to the investment they make in the change of flotilla is significant, but the return on investment is high for each of the savings, he said.
He added that there is a high appetite for the use of electric vehicles in the mass transport of passengers and in fleets of public bodies such as the Policy of Hermosillo, in Sonora.
“The rental of electric patrols, allowed savings of 30 thousand pesos per month to the municipal government of Hermosillo, which is now allocated to social and gender programs, public lighting and other public services, Diana Ávalos revealed.
He said that there are more than 150 electrical units that are used for public safety, as well as municipal authorities installed their solar park.
“The slowdown of the economy is temporary for the good of all and all are at the expectations of TMEC conversations, in addition, sales of electric vehicles continue to grow and there is a lot of interest in Chinese car brands,” he said.
The directive considered that many of the investments that are estimated or planned for Mexico, as part of the Nearshoring, are to attend the US market
“United States commercial policies are causing a slowdown in the economy, which generates uncertainty in consumption and investments,” he said.
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