The chancellor Marcelo Ebrard is on a work tour in Bolivia, where he met with the president Luis Arce Catacora as well as with the former president Evo Moralesalthough he also took the opportunity to test an electric car with the seal of that country.
The official took the steering wheel of a vehicle with designs of figures on its bodywork, from the Bolivian company Quauntumand toured some streets of that country aboard it.
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The vehicle will arrive in Mexico in 2023 after Quantun’s alliance with the Mexican company Industrial Power, according to Ebrard, who assured that It will be the cheapest electric car in the countryalthough he did not reveal how much the price ranges.
“This company is linked to the idea, to the decision, to the intention of Bolivia, not only to be a lithium producer, but to participate in the processing of lithium, they probably have between 40 and 60 percent of the lithium reserves. lithium in the world,” he said as he drove the vehicle.
“President Arce, and before that Evo Morales, his proposal is that lithium be national property, the largest section of batteries in Bolivia be processed and even vehicles be produced here,” he added.
Bolivian vehicle Quantum, electric. Available in 2023 in Mexico thanks to the Quantum Alliance and the Mexican company Industrial Power. It will be the cheapest electric vehicle in our country. Congratulations!! pic.twitter.com/CFsVVBxpdV
– Marcelo Ebrard C. (@m_ebrard) August 5, 2022
Quantum, established in 2019, has two models of electric vehicles: the E3 and E4, both with capacity for 3 passengers. The first model has 3 thousand watts of power and reaches hup to 60 kilometers per hour speed and with a lithium battery with which you can travel up to 100 kilometers.
Meanwhile, the model E4 has 4 thousand watts of power, reaches up to 50 kilometers per hour and provides 50 kilometers of autonomy.
quantum, with presence in Peru, Paraguay and El Salvadorlaunched his first electric vehicles in 2019. In 2021, it signed an alliance with the Mexican company Industrial Power to set up the Bolivian company’s first vehicle plant outside the country.
Since the beginning of 2022, the Bolivian firm is also dedicated to the lithium battery manufacturing.
Ebrard indicated that the reason for his visit to Bolivia is to further strengthen bilateral relations, in addition to discussing cooperation on lithium for electromobility.
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