Chinese electric truck maker JAC has shipped 100 MD electric trucks (cab and chassis) from Hefei, China to a single customer in Mexico, marking a major milestone in the commercial vehicle brand’s growing North American ambitions.
“We call on all interested parties to share the best international practices to contribute to a better development of electromobility and bring its benefits to all Mexican cities,” says Shirley Wagner, president of Mexico’s Electro Movilidad Asociación (EMA), a coalition of companies that includes Kia, Volvo, Tesla, JAC, and BYD that is working to help reduce Mexico’s vehicular carbon emissions by going “100% electric” by 2035. “We believe that those of us living in Mexico deserve cleaner air, and it is possible to achieve it if we work together to make previously made commitments a reality.”
JAC N55 electric truck
JAC Motors entered the Mexican market in 2012, and has built out a nationwide sales and service network there, earning enough local trust to support this single 100-unit order.
It doesn’t seem to matter if we’re talking about the low-end or the high-end of the EV market, the Chinese are there with solid products that seem poised to seriously challenge Western automakers in their home turf. The electric truck market seems to be no exception.