https://restofworld.org/2024/electric-vehicle-conversions-uruguay/
"In 2010, Uruguayan president-elect José Mujica made headlines for the bright
blue mini-truck he rode to his inauguration ceremony.
The vehicle, which looked like any ordinary pickup truck, was used to convey a
message: Uruguay was serious about its quest to become more environmentally
friendly. The gas-powered four-wheeler had been transformed into an electric
vehicle by Organización Autolibre, a local retrofitting company.
Viral press coverage of the ceremony put the company in the spotlight, sparking
interest from EV enthusiasts inside and outside Uruguay who wanted to convert
their gas-guzzling vehicles into economical EVs.
“This news coverage in many media outlets across Latin America gave a lot of
visibility to this technology, and to this day we tour the region every year
across Peru, Mexico, Argentina,” Gabriel González Barrios, founder and CEO of
Organización Autolibre, told
Rest of World. “The same distributors of
Autolibre systems permanently invite us to train the necessary technicians to
generate the local ecosystem for the local development of this industry.”"
Via Wayne Radinsky.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
