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Re: TITO: Electric Argentine car

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Post by forinti »

gzalo wrote: post #7

As an Argentinean, we can get it for around USD 9.5k, but it lacks many basic features. It can't even go faster than 40 miles per hour / 65 km/h, so it can't really drive on freeways. It doesn't even have a trunk, so not really useful for groceries either (see https://youtu.be/B5_A2F_cDNI?t=139 ) No airbags either, but at those speeds it's probably not as useful (at least that's what they imply in its FAQs). Remember…

Most of my trips are going to work, going to the gym, taking the kids to school.

This car would be perfect for these trips.

Re: TITO: Electric Argentine car

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Post by sjcoles »

james_pm wrote: post #3

Please give me more options like this in North America. I'd love something like this as the urban run-around to do quick errands that can't be done on foot or via transit. Something under $20K with enough range for a day of driving around. Even better, make it a shared vehicle and I'll just pay a membership to grab one from a lot around the corner for a few hours.

The Aptera is trying to be something like this.

Re: TITO: Electric Argentine car

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Post by sjcoles »

chiefalchemist wrote: post #21
james_pm wrote: post #3

Please give me more options like this in North America. I'd love something like this as the urban run-around to do quick errands that can't be done on foot or via transit. Something under $20K with enough range for a day of driving around. Even better, make it a shared vehicle and I'll just pay a membership to grab one from a lot around the corner for a few hours.

You're not alone. I thought we'd be there by now. But at this point in the USA the tipping point seems to be having short distance autonomous mode such that you can order a car and it will deliver itself to your door. That said, it's also telling the fed gov has made little to no effort to promote such an idea. Thanks Big Oil?

That just sounds like public transport with more steps.

Re: TITO: Electric Argentine car

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Post by ankaAr »

boc wrote: post #14
thomaslangston wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What are the US market examples at a similar price point or lower with same or better specs?

The Nissan Leaf is US$27,800 Retail, and is eligible for all EV rebates which lowers the cost closer to US$20,000: https://www.nissanusa.com/vehicles/electric-cars/leaf.html And it's a way better, 4-door highway-capable car.

Yes.., but the name doesn't come from au-tito or the little truck name "camione-tita"

I think that, with u$20k you can buy a tito, a Liliana fan, 6 square meters of sheets and a pole to sail when the engine is overused and you still have money to roast a barbecue for you and friend. And maybe roast that piece of ugly engineering too..

-_-

Re: TITO: Electric Argentine car

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Post by adolfojp »

saddlerustle wrote: post #32

The TITO is virtually identical to products from the Chinese white label EV manufacturer "Today Sunshine"[1]. I bet this is a made in China, assembled in Argentina type deal at best. [1] https://www.todaysunshine.com/

I think you're right.

I found the car for less than 6 thousand USD in Alibaba.

Someone else on this thread claims that Argentina is selling it for 9.5 thousand USD.

The title claims it's a 100% Argentine car.

And yet the article states the following:

>In 2018 Coradir’s CEO and his team decided to develop a battery bank platform, motor train and all the associated electronics so that any national car manufacturer could develop its own version of TITO, but the project fell flat.

>“Then, we realized we already had a complete car and asked ourselves, ‘what if we make it available to the public?’ At that moment the 100% electric TITO was born,”

This is awful everything.

Re: TITO: Electric Argentine car

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Post by 908B64B197 »

rasz wrote: post #26
gzalo wrote: post #7

As an Argentinean, we can get it for around USD 9.5k, but it lacks many basic features. It can't even go faster than 40 miles per hour / 65 km/h, so it can't really drive on freeways. It doesn't even have a trunk, so not really useful for groceries either (see https://youtu.be/B5_A2F_cDNI?t=139 ) No airbags either, but at those speeds it's probably not as useful (at least that's what they imply in its FAQs). Remember…

>copy of a chinese "Today Sunshine M1" copy as in someone in Argentina Reverse engineered Chinese EV and is manufacturing it? or rebadge of Chinese made car while claiming to be "100% Argentine car" like that scam https://www.thelocal.se/20220129/hyped-swedish-car-start-up-...

Knowing Argentina's history with currency control, parallels economies and punitive import duties, it's probably the later where some insiders are pocketing the difference by claiming the car is "made in Argentina" (but is illegally imported from China).

If you can't compete, slap duties!

Re: TITO: Electric Argentine car

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Post by yrgulation »

systemvoltage wrote: post #35
yrgulation wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Please give us more of these in europe as well. We are choked by vws, bmws and mercedeses. Hopefully small electric cars will become the norm in urban centres.

We should build a dyson sphere and get humanity to a Type II Kardeshev scale. Instead, the future looks like eating crickets, climate alarmicism, living in mobile pods and feeling good about driving 2 seater eco-cars. Sad.

So whats the plan? Keep doing what we are doing? I am not the hippie type, but we simply cant continue this way. I strongly disagree with people that say we need less creature comforts in order to improve our ways of managing the environment. I think we should aim for even more mobility, even more living space, even more food, but with much more care about our environment. Whats the worse that can happen? We get to breathe cleaner air for “nothing”?

I sometimes pause and think about how we are able to harness the power of our star, or control atoms, to fuel our cars and power our homes instead of burning crap and inhaling smoke. I think we are getting somewhere.

Re: TITO: Electric Argentine car

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Post by RussianCow »

jxf wrote: post #38
gzalo wrote: post #7

As an Argentinean, we can get it for around USD 9.5k, but it lacks many basic features. It can't even go faster than 40 miles per hour / 65 km/h, so it can't really drive on freeways. It doesn't even have a trunk, so not really useful for groceries either (see https://youtu.be/B5_A2F_cDNI?t=139 ) No airbags either, but at those speeds it's probably not as useful (at least that's what they imply in its FAQs). Remember…

> Remember that the minimum wage here is around USD 200 Q: 200 USD over what time period?

They meant monthly, though it's not quite that low. According to Reuters[0], the national minimum wage as of this month is 45,540 (around 368 USD), and it will be increased again in August.

[0]: https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/argentina-accelerates...

Re: TITO: Electric Argentine car

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Post by Schroedingersat »

gzalo wrote: post #7

As an Argentinean, we can get it for around USD 9.5k, but it lacks many basic features. It can't even go faster than 40 miles per hour / 65 km/h, so it can't really drive on freeways. It doesn't even have a trunk, so not really useful for groceries either (see https://youtu.be/B5_A2F_cDNI?t=139 ) No airbags either, but at those speeds it's probably not as useful (at least that's what they imply in its FAQs). Remember…

It has a second seat. No reason you need two people to go shopping.

I'm just glad someone, somewhere is considering a sane vehicle rather than this ridiculous size/speed arms race. The many, many costs of doing 80-120km/h are nowhere near worth halving the travel time (at best).

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