{"id":61801,"date":"2021-04-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/61801\/lebanons-first-electric-car-receives-mixed-reactions"},"modified":"2021-04-26T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T00:00:00","slug":"lebanons-first-electric-car-receives-mixed-reactions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/61801\/lebanons-first-electric-car-receives-mixed-reactions\/","title":{"rendered":"Lebanon&#8217;s First Electric Car Receives Mixed Reactions"},"content":{"rendered":"Amidst a rapidly worsening economic and political crisis, a private company named EV Electra has launched Lebanon&#8217;s first ever electric sports car.<br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Lebanon?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Lebanon<\/a> launches first electric car despite<br>struggling amid dire economic crisis with frequent power cuts<br><br>The red sports car named &#8220;Quds Rise&#8221;, using the Arabic name of Jerusalem &#8212; is the project of Lebanese-born Palestinian businessman Jihad Mohammad <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xrZIzXOhDi\">https:\/\/t.co\/xrZIzXOhDi<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Randa HABIB (@RandaHabib) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RandaHabib\/status\/1386180119467859970?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 25, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  Built in Lebanon from start to finish, the automobile is named the &#8220;Quds Rise&#8221;, as it was created by Lebanon-born Palestinian businessman Jihad Mohammad. It is a red sports car with butterfly doors and a big golden insignia on the bumper. Lebanese and Palestinian engineers work within a team of 300 people, and they hope to produce upwards of 10,000 vehicles over the coming year. <br \/>  <br \/>  Since this comes during a time when car sales are at their lowest, the manufacturer revealed that the <B>$30,000<\/b> car can be purchased with half the payments in fresh dollars and half Lebanese Lira (at an unspecified rate).<br \/>  <br \/>  Environmentally, this guides Lebanon in the right direction, but with constant electrical problems, it may be difficult for investors to push.<br \/>  <br \/>  While many lauded the reveal as momentous, since more than half the Lebanese population plunged into poverty over the past two years, the project received quite a bit of backlash. Many people took to Twitter to express their opinions regarding the matter:<br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"ar\" dir=\"rtl\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PmcKFlppmV\">https:\/\/t.co\/PmcKFlppmV<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Hady Osaily (@HadyOsaily_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HadyOsaily_\/status\/1386343023555002369?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 25, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"cy\" dir=\"ltr\">Dawle aw eshtirak? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bX4KACylBL\">https:\/\/t.co\/bX4KACylBL<\/a><\/p>\u2014 double u. (@boiwithlashes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/boiwithlashes\/status\/1386298789972021254?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 25, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The people don&#8217;t even have electricity at home <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2YJz7rtfyC\">https:\/\/t.co\/2YJz7rtfyC<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Alexandre (@Patan1an) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Patan1an\/status\/1386390453134708736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 25, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"in\" dir=\"ltr\">Jeboula bekhra la tshareja? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zKfev8VjuQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/zKfev8VjuQ<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Badine (@jadbadine) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jadbadine\/status\/1386444591130234880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 25, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  What do you think? 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