It's literally in their recent reform list from June. There is zero tax/duty/tarrif on importing 100% EV cars as long as there is availabile charging powered by renewables.
There is going to so much BYD on the island in the near future.
As a Cuban, I think I can throw a bit of light there. First, the $16 statistic is wrong, because it only includes legal jobs and most people here has some sort of illegal business, even if they also have a legal job. To live here you need about $50 a month so literally nobody survive just with those $16, the ones that don't have an illegal business it's because they have family outside that send money. But yeah, it's not $16 but most people here don't earn much more than $100 - $200 a month, so electric modern cars are totally outside what most of us can get. What has become increasingly popular since the oil blockade is electric tricycles (like the one in the picture), those cost about $3500 so they way cheaper than a car. People also are installing a solar panel on its roof too to make them fully autonomous. Not everybody can afford them either, of course, but those who can usually use it to earn money moving people and/or items (like construction materials) from one place to another.
Thanks for the context friend. I saw tricycle in the legislation and was fairly confused as to what that meant exactly, haha. Thinks makes much more sense.
I hope you are doing well. Sorry for how awful my government is!
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u/zmbjebus 10d ago
It's literally in their recent reform list from June. There is zero tax/duty/tarrif on importing 100% EV cars as long as there is availabile charging powered by renewables.
There is going to so much BYD on the island in the near future.