Mexico City to Begin Fining Electric Motorcycles and Bicycles on Nov. 20

Owners of electric motorcycles and bicycles in Mexico City have until Nov. 20 before authorities begin applying fines under newly revised mobility rules. The measures cover personal electric motor vehicles, known as Vemepes, and follow amendments to the city’s Mobility Law that took effect in July.

Mobility Secretary Hector Ulises Garcia Nieto said the city continues to meet with companies every Monday to register the VMP vehicles they sell with the Mobility Secretariat. The enforcement date gives people who bought vehicles before the new rules took effect additional time to register and obtain plates.

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That is still being done. Every Monday we meet with them to establish the relationship, and it is linked to the first question: when would sanctions begin?

The cost of the plates will be 355 pesos, half the 710 pesos previously set for the vehicles. Garcia Nieto said officials are awaiting a Congress modification to establish the reduced fee as mandatory. Plates will be issued after payment.

The government had previously said vehicles sold from July 1 would need to leave stores with plates, while the Secretariat of Citizen Security would begin enforcing the new traffic rules in September. Owners who purchased a Vemepe before July 1 can register through the Mobility Secretariat’s online platform until Nov. 20.

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We are waiting for Congress to amend it to 355 pesos, which will be half the cost, to establish the payment as mandatory. Once payment is made, the plates will be issued.