World Cup preparations and Mexico’s home-grown electric vehicle: Thursday’s mañanera recapped

The 2026 FIFA World Cup and the Mexican government’s electrical conveyance task were among the topics President Claudia Sheinbaum spoke astir astatine her Thursday greeting property conference.

Here is simply a recap of the president’s June 12 mañanera.

Sheinbaum: FIFA World Cup opening volition beryllium a ‘very peculiar infinitesimal for Mexico’

Sheinbaum declared that adjacent year’s FIFA World Cup — to beryllium co-hosted by Mexico, the United States and Canada — volition beryllium “very special.”

The opening lucifer of the quadrennial lawsuit volition beryllium played astatine the Estadio Azteca (Aztec Stadium) successful Mexico City connected June 11, 2026, meaning that the commencement of the tourney is present little than a twelvemonth away.

Sheinbaum said that Mexico volition request to collaborate with its co-hosts (and USMCA partners) successful a scope of ways to guarantee the lawsuit is simply a success.

“The shot World Cup is the world’s premier event,” she said.

Mexico City’s Aztec stadium volition big the archetypal 2026 FIFA World Cup lucifer connected June 11, 2026. (Wikimedia Commons)

“… In Mexico it volition beryllium successful Mexico City, Guadalajara and Monterrey. Yesterday the Cup was with [Mexico City Mayor] Clara [Bruagada],” Sheinbaum said, seemingly giving precedence to the winner’s trophy.

“The cupful visited Clara Brugada,” she added.

Sheinbaum said that the 2026 World Cup volition springiness Mexicans the accidental to amusement that they are the “best fans successful the world,” a arguable connection fixed that those precise fans person been punished successful the past for utilizing a homophobic chant astatine matches.

The president besides told reporters that her authorities wants World Cup-related activities to beryllium held successful each 32 states, not conscionable successful those that volition big matches.

“It’s a precise beauteous task that volition elevate the sanction of Mexico. We besides anticipation that the nationalist squad does precise well,” she said.

Asked whether she would be the inauguration of the 2026 World Cup, Sheinbaum responded, “I don’t cognize yet. Politics is for immoderate things and athletics is for others, and you person to springiness each its space.”

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— Clara Brugada Molina (@ClaraBrugadaM) June 12, 2025

Sheinbaum nevertheless declared that the World Cup opening ceremonial astatine Estadio Azteca volition beryllium a “very, precise bully event.”

“… It volition beryllium a peculiar infinitesimal for Mexico,” she said, adding that she expected a worldwide assemblage akin to the 550 cardinal radical who watched the opening lucifer successful Qatar astatine the 2022 World Cup.

“In summation Mexico City is the lone metropolis that [will] person held the opening ceremonial of the World Cup 3 times,” said Sheinbaum, who confirmed that she is simply a shot instrumentality herself.

Mexico’s electrical conveyance task going ‘very well,’ says Sheinbaum 

A newsman asked the president however the national authorities task to physique an electrical conveyance is progressing. The Sheinbaum medication said successful January that it was readying to debut the conveyance — called Olinia — astatine the 2026 World Cup opening lucifer successful Mexico City.

Sheinbaum said connected Thursday that the task is going “very well.”

She confirmed that “the idea” was to “present” the conveyance astatine Estadio Azteca connected the time of the opening lucifer of the World Cup, but asserted that it was excessively aboriginal to accidental whether that would successful information happen.

Olinia, which means “to move” successful Nahuatl, volition beryllium designed arsenic an affordable EV for Mexican families and young people, with competitory prices compared to different disposable brands. (Shutterstock)

She indicated that lone a prototype, alternatively than the last model, would beryllium acceptable adjacent year.

“The thought is that adjacent twelvemonth … the archetypal prototypes volition statesman to beryllium produced,” Sheinbaum said, adding that the extremity was to subsequently commence “mass production” via a associated task betwixt the authorities and a backstage company.

By Mexico News Daily main unit writer Peter Davies ([email protected])