Transit rent, for the first time, electric cars in Cuba. (Collage: Transtur-Facebook)
Transtur, the Cuban state-owned company dedicated to car rent for the tourism sector, announced in its social networks that it was – for the first time in history – with Chinese electric cars for the linear rent for “periodic periods”.
“Apposting for sustainability. We incorporate our first vehicles 100% electric for car rent. And we are for more ”, signals the agency’s Facebook post, which alone has only a small number of 4,500 followers.
Ante the doubt manifested by the users about how to load the electric cars, the institutional response alude that “if a charging station is installed at the customer where it is decided, there will be linear rent for long period of time”.
“Cuba is not prepared for this technology, it is not combustible for combustion. Imagine for the electric, the points of charging the coke for charging ”, manifests the internet Dayán Pacheco.
Other indagaron by the brand of cars, the autonomy that burns his batteries and cargoes times, per the official response has not been produced.
Without embarrassment, a published image suggests the model of one of them: a Chery Arrizo 5th. This type of car has an autonomy of a complete load of 320 kilometers and the load of the battery in a professional driver within 8 hours.
In addition, it has an electric motor that produces 122 CV of power and a maximum torque of 285 Nm. The propulsion is associated with a 53.5 kWh lithium ion battery.
Chery is a Chinese origin maker founded by the governing communist in 1997. The brand started exporting cars in 2001 and was converted into China’s largest electric car brand.
Since 2012, we have formed an alliance with Jaguar-Land Rover that will take care of the production of these models in various plants of the Asian giant and other 15 countries around the world that offer maneuverability.
This expansion has allowed Chery to travel to Latin American markets and countries like Colombia and Brazil. For example, the 2019 model Arrizo 5th has been sold for around $ 28 million in these nations.
Transtur operates the car and motorcycle rental business in Cuba at the Cubacar, Havanautos and Rex markets. In more than 40 years it has created a network of 17 stores and more than 200 sales offices throughout the country.