Kaliningrad automobile holding Avtotor plans to start mass production of electric vehicles created by its specialists in 2025. This was stated in an interview by the chairman of the board of directors of the company Valery Gorbunov. RIA News.
The first prototypes will be presented this year. New cars will be created on a technology-neutral platform with highly localized production of components, including critical ones.
Most of the components will be produced in the new facilities created by Avtotor. In addition, the new product will be equipped with equipment for people with limited mobility.
Avtotor was founded in 1996. The company produced passenger cars of the BMW, KIA and Hyundai brands, as well as Hyundai and Ford Cargo commercial vehicles.
In 2006, AVTOTOR took 69th place in the list of the 200 largest Russian private companies according to Forbes magazine. The company’s revenue in 2011 amounted to approximately 4 billion Euros. In 2021, the company ranked 38th in Forbes magazine’s “200 largest private companies in Russia” with a revenue of 249.7 billion rubles.
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