Cuba to Manufacture New Batch of Ecomobiles

José Lorenzo García, delegate of the Ministry of Transport in the province of Sancti Spíritus, told the newspaper Granma that the intention is to build a new batch of another 50 units — a figure similar to those manufactured so far in that region of the country, which operate in the provincial capital as well as the municipalities of Trinidad, Yaguajay, and Cabaiguán.

Organized on routes or itineraries with heavy passenger traffic, the ecomobiles enjoy wide acceptance among the population in those cities, thanks to the modest fare for the service they offer, as well as their constant circulation and easy accessibility, the newspaper noted.

These vehicles run on electricity, an expression of the necessary energy matrix shift toward which Cuban transportation must increasingly advance, according to the publication.

Among the program's objectives, it added, is creating the material conditions to have a system that allows recharging these minibuses using solar energy.