This week the VEDCA LT-4209A mopeds with lead gel battery will go on sale in Havana at an estimated price of 82 thousand pesos in national currencya huge amount that generated deep indignation among hundreds of Cubans who wonder how many years they have to work to acquire that vehicle.
The Chinese-Cuban mixed company Vehiculos Eléctricos del Caribe (VEDCA) accurate on Facebook that mopeds they will be sold at the Fercons store, in the Boyeros municipality; and at Reloj Club, with turnkey deliveries at the factory.
The mopeds will also go on sale at the end of August in the province of Santiago de Cubawhere the Comprehensive Automotive Services Company (EISA) will be assembled together.
Not a few commentators described “lack of respect” the announced amount (which is exactly 82,288 pesos)while others suggested that at least it can be paid in installments.
According to the calculation made by one of the interested parties, At the change of State the vehicle would cost approximately 700 MLC, something that he described as “very good for a worker who has a minimum salary of 900 MLC per month”, something that few know what it is on the island; That or that a relative pays for it abroad.
“At that price, the person who earns 2,500 a month would have to wait at least three years to raise the money, and without eating, it is abusive,” said someone in the midst of many interested people who calculated how long they would have to wait to have a.
One commenter noted that “While it’s true that the price is less than MLC store or reseller pricing, it’s still an unaffordable deal for an honest worker on average wage.”
A health professional stated that a doctor would have to work about 17 months without spending a cent to buy itwhich he ironically proclaimed as “another achievement of the revolution.”
“Affordable for all ordinary Cubans thank you; “Good prices always thinking of the worker; “Candela. How they laugh in our faces. And don’t they feel embarrassed and embarrassed to publish that?”; Me with my honest salary that I studied a career, how many years do I have to stop eating to be able to buy one?”; “Thanks to those prices I continue to enjoy the warmth and the human embrace that ordinary Cubans give each other every day on the buses. Good thing it’s a bike! Let’s go for more and better!” were some of the comments from Cubans who did not believe such a disproportionate figure.
There were also those who suggested that in addition to payment in installments, workers in some sectors such as health or education have a special discount.
“Give these motorcycles to the doctors, who are the most sacrificed. Take one or two buses to go to the hospital to operate on their patients with tremendous tension above,” suggested one person.
Although the majority exploded due to the brutal price, a few were interested in the technical characteristics of this model of electric bicycles, the autonomy, the exact day they will go on sale and other similar details.
