EVM Pro electric truck was presented in Russia

St. Petersburg Company "Electric mobiles Manufacturing Rus" presented an electric truck EVM Pro in Moscow. According to the TASS agency, the car was created in cooperation with the Ulyanovsk Automobile Plant on the basis of the UAZ Profi chassis. The power reserve of an electric vehicle weighing 3.5 tons on a single charge will be 300 km, while the allowable payload can reach 1 ton. The key features of the electric truck include a Russian power plant, on-board electronics and proprietary software, as well as autonomous heating for the driver's cab and an electric air conditioner for the summer period of operation.

To preserve the charge in sub-zero temperatures, battery heating is provided. The usage of an electric truck is also provided for the urban environment. The cost of the car will be about 3.5 million rubles, adjusted for inflation. Electric Vehicles Manufacturing Rus is a startup founded by Ilya Rashkin (45%) and Igor Girdin (55%). The volume of investments required for the first stage of the project implementation is 1 billion rubles, these are the company's own and borrowed funds. According to Mr. Girdin, the company plans to reach the volume of 1000 electric vehicles per a year, the production plant will be located in the Technopolis Moscow special economic zone on an area of about 3000 sq.m. The first car will leave the assembly line in early September, the first 400 units have already been sold - a contract is being signed.

As a part of further work on the optimization of mass production, it is planned to create an Electric Transport Development and Innovation Center at Peter the Great St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University. Earlier, Electric Vehicles Manufacturing Rus and Motorinvest submitted applications for a tender for concluding a special investment contract (SPIC) for electric vehicles, as a result of which the interdepartmental commission recognized both applications as winners of the competitive selection for the right to conclude a SPIC.