Production at the Kaluga plant of PSMA Rus LLC will restart in the near future, reported Regional Governor Vladislav Şapsha.
“I had a working meeting with representatives of the Automotive Technologies company, PSMA’s industrial partner. We discussed the details of the start of production, which will take place in the near future, and the prospects for the development of the facility,” said Shapsha.
The automobile factory PSMA Rus LLC has been idle since 2022. The company produced the Peugeot 408 and Citroen C4 passenger cars, Peugeot, Opel and Citroen light commercial vehicles, as well as the Peugeot Partner, Citroen Berlingo and Opel Combo minivans and compact vans. Mitsubishi.
Before that, he worked at the Ministry of Industry and Trade statedHe said that the Russian automobile market will begin to recover and the sales level may reach 1.3 million units in 2024. The department stated that the sales volume in 2026 will correspond to the average annual sales volume in 2015-2021. The market will gradually grow by 1% per year from 2027. Thus, by 2030 the Russian automobile market will reach the level of 1.8 million cars per year, and by 2035 the sales volume will reach 1.9 million cars per year.
Previously reportedIn 11 months of 2023, 992.2 thousand passenger cars were imported to Russia.