This OEM is developing a passenger car dubbed E-NEVA which will use hydrogen as a fuel.
Almaz-Antey is a group of 60 enterprises, specializing in air defense weapons. With this current effort, OEM is making civilian products based on the developments from the military industry. In August, the concern introduced a self-propelled electric chassis that could be used to create passenger cars on the basic chassis. The chassis includes two electric motors and a set of batteries of 90 kWt/hrs, providing up to 400 km on a single charge.
The organization’s engineers are working on the E-NEVA car that will have two modifications. One will be a gas vehicle with electric drive, with 1000 km on a single charge. The second one will be an electric-gas unit with a 52-liter gas fuel system and 70 kWt/hrs batteries, which can be charged from the grid, with 810 km on a single charge. Both versions will be sped up to 100 km/hr for 8.5 seconds, maximum speed will be set at 180 km/hr.
E-NEVA is one of several Russian car projects that operate on alternative fuel. Similar projects are developed by Aurus and KAMAZ.
PSR Analysis: It looks like the topic of electric and hydrogen passenger cars has gotten support on the government level. So, we can expect some electric and hydrogen car models of domestic origin in serial production soon. PSR
Maxim Sakov is Market Consultant – Russia Operations, for Power Systems Research
