Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that it is planned to prepare his own Russian electric vehicle platform based on the Moskvich plant in two years. It has been reported TASS.
On Tuesday, February 7, Russian President Vladimir Putin met with the mayor and discussed a number of current issues, including automotive production.
“You have given the green light to the creation of an electric vehicle cluster in Moscow. At the meeting with Putin, Sobyanin resumed the production of Moskvich on the basis of the old Renault production, despite attempts to block the production of cars in Moscow.
According to him, in two years it will be possible to create its own Russian platform for electric vehicles. The mayor of the capital emphasized that the production of his own cars will also begin later.
Previously, the Moskvich factory choosed 11 dealer network partners in Moscow.
The Moskvich plant is also expected to be operational in 2023. will be added 50 thousand cars for the automobile market. Some cars can work in car sharing in Moscow, the Moscow region and other regions of Russia.