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Electric motorcycles flood Havana amid diesel shortages

A youth arrives with this electric scooter to a roadside gathering to spend the late afternoon showing off stunts and racing in Havana, Cuba, Friday, July 15, 2022. Cuba has been flooded in recent years with “motorinas”, as these electric scooters are called on the island, a fad for many, but also a solution to the transportation problems and fuel shortages that overwhelm the Caribbean nation. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) Kiera gets a foot rub at his home by his care taker as people work on their electric scooters after attending a gathering in the capital for stunts and races in Cojimar, Cuba, Friday, July 15, 2022. Cuba has been flooded in recent years with “motorinas”, as these electric scooters are called on the island, a fad for many, but also a solution to the transportation problems and fuel shortages that overwhelm the Caribbean nation. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) People watch a drag race between two electric scooterists at a late afternoon gathering of electric motorbike owners to show off stunts and races in Havana, Cuba, Friday, July 15, 2022. Cuba has been flooded in recent years with “motorinas”, as these electric scooters are called on the island, a fad for many, but also a solution to the transportation problems and fuel shortages that overwhelm the Caribbean nation. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) A laptop reads the voltage of an electric scooter after it was used at a gathering in the capital for stunts and races in Cojimar, Cuba, Friday, July 15, 2022. Cuba has been flooded in recent years with “motorinas”, as these electric scooters are called on the island, a fad for many, but also a solution to the transportation problems and fuel shortages that overwhelm the Caribbean nation. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) Kiara stands on an electric scooter as people work on their electric scooters after attending a gathering in the capital of stunts and races, outside her caretaker's home in Cojimar, Cuba, Friday, July 15, 2022. Cuba has been flooded in recent years with “motorinas”, as these electric scooters are called on the island, a fad for many, but also a solution to the transportation problems and fuel shortages that overwhelm the Caribbean nation. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) People gather on their electric scooters to spend the late afternoon showing off stunts and racing in Havana, Cuba, Friday, July 15, 2022. Cuba has been flooded in recent years with “motorinas”, as these electric scooters are called on the island, a fad for many, but also a solution to the transportation problems and fuel shortages that overwhelm the Caribbean nation. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)