They present Taruk, the first electric bus manufactured in Mexico

As part of A plan to strengthen the Mexican electromobility industry and thus reduce import dependence before the tariffs promoted by the US president, Donald Trump; This Tuesday The Government of Mexico welcomed Taruk, the first electric bus Fully designed and manufactured in the country.

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The Secretary of Economy, Marcelo Ebrard, presented the new means of transport at a certification ceremony In which he stressed that in addition to representing a technological advance, Taruk is a “strategic decision” for the country’s industrial sovereignty to a complex and protectionist international context.

Innovation remained at the hands of Mexican companies MegaFux and Dina, who designed and manufactured the bus with 100 % national engineering, and they managed to be adaptable to the conditions of public transport in the 60 main cities of Mexico.

Taruk, which means shown in the yaqui language, It was also part of the joint development with academic institutions such as the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), the Metropolitan Autonomous University (UAM) and the Ministry of Science, Humanities, Technology and Innovation.

This vehicle has Capacity for 60 passengershalf seated, and a completely electrical propulsion system with autonomy exceeding 300 kilometers and a complete load in a maximum of four hours.

For his part, Altagracia Gómez, coordinating of the Regional Economic Development Advisory Council and relocation (Cader), recalled that this project began to take shape when the current president, Claudia Sheinbaum, was head of the Government of Mexico City (2018-2023), and pointed out that Taruk seeks to compete with any model of Asian brandsthat currently dominate the market.

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The event is part of the relaunch of the “made in Mexico” brand, promoted by the federal government to promote the development of strategic industries such as electromobility.

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