Industry Agenda Electric Vehicles for

Figure 18: Synthesis of Mexico City’s local factors 
Level 
Rationales 
Example of tailored recommendations 
Infrastructure & 
design 
Smarter cities 
maturity
•
Around 80
th
smartest city in the world 
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High density and strong demographic growth; 12
th
most congested city worldwide 
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Most polluted city in the Americas 
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Invest in decentralized and clean renewables to 
power the development of the charging 
infrastructure 
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Prioritize the electrification of the taxis, 
mobility-as-a-service and collective mobility 
means, including public transport while 
discouraging the use of personal-use vehicles 
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Develop a network of publicly-accessible smart 
charging stations primarily located at 
destination points and depots with fast 
chargers 
City density 
Energy Syst
em 
Carbon intensity 
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Carbon-intensive energy mix in the country (60% 
gas, 21% coal and oil, 15% renewables) with 
ambition to reach 35% of renewables by 2025 
•
Dispatchable energy mix (only 3% of DER) 
•
Power market where state-owned company CFE has 
the largest capacity, new bidding mechanisms 
anchoring competitive renewable energy and gas 
generation
•
Transmission and distribution of electricity controlled 
by the state 
Dispatchability 
Level of 
decentralization 
Mo
bility culture and 
patterns 
LDV ownership 
culture 
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Personal-use vehicles representing only 28% of 
commuting motorized trips 
•
~50% of commuting motorized trips through 
collective alternative transport means (taxi, 
colectivo, mobility-as-a-service) 
•
Low AV automation potential with no established 
regulatory framework 
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Underdeveloped public transport system (22% of 
commuting motorized trips, trolley buses already 
electrified)