A new fleet of Russian Moskvich taxis is about to debut in Cuba, according to Moscow's Deputy Mayor for Transport and Industry, Maxim Liksutov. What routes will these largely electric vehicles use amid an energy crisis on the island?
According to a report by Telesur, Liksutov told reporters Wednesday that the Cuban government will soon launch a new line of Moskvich taxis, a total of 50 vehicles, including 25 Moskvich 3 and 25 Moskvich 3e electric vehicles.
Information adds that in addition to sending the cars for the taxi fleet, the Moscow government will send spare parts and training for Cuban specialists.
They added that the taxis will not be driven solely by Cuban drivers, but that the fleet will be managed by a joint Russian-Cuban venture.
Russian taxis in Cuba. Opening soon.
Telesur claims that the addition of the new Moskvich taxis is a "key step forward" in revitalizing the Cuban taxi service, which has been plagued for decades by a lack of vehicles and spare parts. It also points out that the choice of Moskvich taxis is no coincidence, as this iconic brand was highly valued on the island during the Soviet era.
What Telesur doesn't report about the Russian taxi fleet in Cuba is that it will only serve the tourism sector, providing no relief to ordinary Cubans, who are suffering from one of the worst transportation crises.
The possibility of The opening of the Russian taxi fleet in Cuba is handled from November last year. There was also talk of sending new Ladas.
More than 300 Lada vehicles, including Vesta and Largus Cross models, were planned to be shipped to Cuba, where they would be used as state taxis, rental cars, and rental cars for tourism companies.
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I am in favor of the taxi idea; it is very fruitful, but the immediacy that every ordinary Cuban would like to hear is that the free or market economy is finally established in this country. Because Russia and China have everything, and that's why they established themselves that way. Until when are we going to be driving around in modern taxis with empty stomachs? Put yourselves in our shoes and import food. Open the doors to all who want to enter, to see if the population you want to increase grows with the necessary protein. It's been a mere century since children stopped growing, and so on.
Good evening, I am interested in the new taxi service because I am also a taxi driver.
It is more than a lack of respect for God, a country united in crisis, energy, economic, and others and now electric Russian taxis, a country where electricity is collapsing every now and then and with no hope of improving, enough for God we will continue to sink further into this crisis, until when will it be, I just ask, why so many electric cars in a country where blackouts are growing every day, what result does this bring to the country only losses and normal as it is daily, more annoying blackouts of 12 out of 6 out of 8 out of 24 hours, poor people who are the ones who suffer this, for God.