Half of the car production capacities were stopped in Russia

As of March 3rd, only 55% of the production capacity for the production of passenger cars and light commercial vehicles (LCV) from those that were loaded in 2021 continued to operate in Russia. At the same time, local automakers provided about 83% of all new car sales in the country the previous year. The total capacity of the Russian automotive industry allows the production of about 2.7 million passenger cars and LCVs per a year. But in 2021, car factories could not meet demand due to a shortage of electronic components.

However, the Russian auto industry the previous year showed a positive result for the first time after two years of decline. Thus, according to Rosstat, 1.4 million cars rolled off Russian conveyors, which is 8.2% higher than a year ago. According to the executive director of the analytical agency "AUTOSTAT" Sergey Udalov, soon Russia will face a complete halt in automotive production for a number of reasons - sanctions, logistics, lack of components.

In his opinion, the duration of downtime will depend on the duration of the military special operation and how quickly the country adapts to new realities.