2026-09-04 05:35 UTC
Video - Cuba’s Green Solution to the U.S. Oil Blockade: Solar-Powered Electric Tricycles
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/49499563
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/49499558
Duration - 2:44
[a video about Cuba from the news collective Belly Of The Beast]
Electric tricycles have exploded across Cuba as the country faces extreme fuel shortages due to the U.S.-imposed oil blockade. But blackouts now last so long — 20 or more hours a day — there isn’t enough electricity to charge them.
So drivers are now installing solar panels on top of their tricycles.
“As long as the sun is out, it’s charging the battery,” says Evanys Peréz. “Now we can travel up to 90 miles.”
Replies (3)
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@theneverfox@pawb.social 2026-09-04 09:58
Cuba has developed in such interesting directions due to basically being blockaded for decades I have a feeling we’re going to be begging to learn from them in the near future
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@HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org 2026-09-04 12:34
Just to mention - these are not leisure things. They transport food which people need to survive.
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@CADmonkey@lemmy.world 2026-09-04 17:04
I live in a rural area in the US. There are more and more people running around on E-bikes and scooters. It’s already in the beginning phases here. A solar tuk-tuk would be awesome.