They update the application to locate gas stations with fuel available in Havana

The application to locate gas stations withcombustible available inHavana It has a new updated version on the APKLis platform, according to what its developer informed the Cuban official press.

Dalexi González Madruga stated in a report by theHavana Channel, which cites the ACN, which has just presented version eight ofHavana Servicentro, which was created in 2018 and already has more than 10,000 users.

He also pointed out that previous versions of the product have become obsolete and that it is now much simpler.

Among its new features, the application incorporates a payment mechanism with Transfermóvil for membership, and the share button now automatically shows the name of the nearest service center with fuel.

The new version also increased the gratification period from three days to one week for the user who shares, for example, whoever uses the apk in the free work mode, and socializes the availability in the service centers, has all its functionalities available for one week.

According to González Madruga, the apk consists of seven functionalities, in addition to real-time fuel information.

Among these functionalities, the GPS parking meter options stand out, sending GPS coordinates in a message in cases of breakage, quick search according to the type of fuel, and the interactive telephone directory.

This application, according to its developer, aims to save time and fuel for its users in the capital of the island, who only have to see on their mobile phone which service center is closest to their location that has fuel available, since it does not They are all in service in the face of the energy crisis facing the island.

This tool is based on collaboration, since the capital's drivers themselves are the ones who share in real time where there is fuel during their trips around the city.

After its presentation in March 2021, the specialist explained to the officialCuban News Agency that when the user is close to a 50-meter radius from any service center, their information is shared automatically from their phone, if GPS and mobile data are activated.

The collaborative application also has a calculator with predetermined prices updated in real time, which allows you to create a history of money and fuel consumption.

Likewise, it has an online GPS parking meter and interaction is possible through a forum on transportation topics, car and motorcycle models.

This application becomes relevant at a time when drivers of diesel engine vehicles have had tospend up to two weeks in long lines waiting to fill their tanks, in the midst of one of the worst fuel crises that Cuba remembers and that is also reported in the interior of the island.

Newly,Users on the networks documented a long line of trucks and cars, on both sides of kilometer 259 of the National Highway, in Villa Clara, who was waiting to be able to buy diesel.

On that occasion, some users related the diesel shortage to the proximity of 11J and considered that the government had allocated, on those dates, all the fuel to thermoelectric plants, to try to reduce blackouts, anticipating any expression of popular discontent.

A week earlier, an independent journalist denouncedthe odyssey that drivers have to go through in Pinar del Ríoto be able to buy fuel for their cars.

Roberto Blanco Gil shared a photograph on his Facebook wall showing an extensive line of cars at a gas station waiting for their turn to put something in the tank.

“Pinar del Río, Cuba. Tireless queues for means of transport of all types to purchase fuel. The odyssey continues in the light of day. An inefficient government like the one that prevails in Cuba today is not capable of making up for the shortcomings that the people have. This is one of them,” Blanco Gil pointed out next to the image.