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Pango Cars network has connected 60 dealerships across Russia​

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Federal automotive ecosystem PangoCars since its launch in August 2023 has expanded its presence to 60 official dealerships in 15 cities across Russia. Over 9 thousand used cars have been certified in five months, and about 50 thousand cars are already represented in the system, the company's press service reports. Today PangoCars is represented in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Voronezh, Rostov-on-Don, Stary Oskol, Orenburg, Krasnodar, Yekaterinburg, Izhevsk, Tyumen, Nizhnevartovsk, Surgut, Ufa, Perm, Novosibirsk.
As part of the network expansion, PangoCars provides training for authorized dealers, as well as assistance in recruitment. "The used car market continues to hold a strong position, so today it is important to provide the full range of necessary support, such as lending, insurance, quality diagnostics of technical condition and maintenance. In 2024, we plan to open dealerships with maximum coverage across the country with a full range of services," said PangoCars Project Manager Anton Ganja. PangoCars brand-standard showrooms offer customers used cars of all makes and models, which are pre-selected, including legal inspection and diagnostics.
Condition control specialists check the car on 129 points, including evaluation of the condition of windows, body, paint, wheel rims and interior upholstery. Vehicles with deformation of load-bearing elements and body geometry are excluded from the Pango Select program.
 

The characteristics of the Russian electric car Atom are revealed​


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The characteristics of the production version of the Russian electric car Atom have been revealed. Production of the novelty is planned to be launched in 2025 at the facilities of the plant "Moskvich". According to Motor.ru, Atom will receive a synchronous permanent magnet electric engine, created jointly with Rosatom. Its output is 150 kW (204 hp). The electric car will accelerate from a place to 100 km/h in less than 8 seconds. The battery capacity of 77 kWh will allow the Atom to travel up to 500 km on the WLTC cycle. The lithium-ion battery is being developed jointly with Ranera, a Rosatom company, and its production will be set up in Kaliningrad. The battery will withstand 1,000 charging cycles, and in winter it will be protected from overcooling by a built-in heater.
Fast constant current charging will allow to replenish energy for 100 km of travel in 8 minutes. From 0 to 80% it will be recharged in half an hour. There is also a regeneration mode, in which the electric engine works as an energy generator. Atom has McPherson struts in the front, multilink at the rear, and disc brakes are installed "around the circle". The electric car has the following dimensions: 3,995 mm in length, 1,780 mm in width and 1,615 mm in height. Turning radius is 4.9 meters, ground clearance is 170 mm.
The Atom electric car will be equipped with a unified dashboard and media system with a screen on the steering wheel (a projection display is also promised), climate control, ADAS assistants level 2.5, sensors, radars and cameras. The operating system will also be its own - Atom OS, which will allow you to control the car from an application on a smartphone. In August 2023, Atom and the Moskvich plant signed a memorandum on the contractual assembly of Atom electric cars at the company's facilities in Moscow.
 

Installation of charging stations for electric cars may become mandatory in new buildings in Moscow​

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The project of changes to the norms of urban planning design of Moscow, which regulates the location of charging infrastructure for electric cars, has been developed in the capital. This was reported to the agency "TASS" by the chairman of the Moscomarchitecture Yuliana Knyazhevskaya. "It is proposed to establish requirements for mandatory placement of charging infrastructure on the adjacent territory where possible, as well as in intra-block passages, in detached and built-in garages, on the street-road network, parking lots and multi-storey parking lots of non-residential facilities, auto enterprises and intercepting parking lots," she said.
According to Yuliana Knyazhevskaya, at construction and reconstruction of buildings it is offered to arrange cable channels on which it will be possible to lay electric wiring and quickly to establish a charging station at the request of owners of electric cars. The Committee Chairman noted that in Moscow motor vehicle exhaust gases account for more than 80% of pollutant emissions into the atmosphere. "That is why such attention is paid to air quality issues. And one of the ways to solve the problem is the transition to the use of electric cars.
But it is important for car owners to have a guaranteed opportunity to recharge the electric car battery in order to switch to electric cars," explained Y. Knyazhevskaya. Earlier the mayor of Moscow Sergey Sobyanin informed that the capital will be prepared for mass use of electric cars. Thus, the network of charging electric cars in the city will be expanded, the stations will appear in the parking lots of shopping and office centers.
 
Evolute i-JET is a very powerful rebadged Chinese Dongfeng Seres SF5


Motorinvest has started production of Evolute i-JET electric crossover​

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Lipetsk plant Motorinvest has started production of a new premium electric crossover Evolute i-JET. The cost and equipment of novelty will be announced closer to start of sales, reports the press service of the automaker. The peak power of the electric powertrain of the all-wheel drive electric crossover Evolute i-JET can be 646 hp, and the peak torque reaches 940 Nm. The model will be available for purchase with one of two possible battery versions to choose from.
The first option involves the installation of a lithium-iron-phosphate battery pack with a capacity of 80 kW with a range of 483 km on the WLTP cycle. The electric crossover will take 4 seconds to accelerate to 100 km/h. It will also be offered with an ultra-technological semisolid battery with a capacity of 90 kW, which will provide acceleration to the first "hundred" in just 3.7 seconds, while the model has a range of 530 km. The exterior of the Evolute i-JET is made in the concept of bionic design, which is a symbiosis of nature and innovative technologies.
Thus, the curves of the side of the body resemble the silhouettes of dolphins jumping out of the sea, the silhouette of the side window block in the form of a willow leaf, and the front optics resembles the edge of the solar disk during an eclipse. Completing the exterior look of the electric crossover are exclusive 20-inch alloy wheels. As for the interior, the digital instrument cluster sits on a 12.3-inch screen, while the touchscreen multimedia and entertainment system is 15.6 inches. For coziness at night, the interior features ambient lighting with a 64-color selection mode.
 
Parallel import is import of Western brand cars from China which are banned by Western sanction for sale in Russia.


Mechanism of parallel import of cars extended for 2024​

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The Russian government has decided to extend the mechanism of parallel imports for 2024, in general, there is a constant work on its adjustment: it is expected to gradually reduce the list of manufacturers and nomenclature. This was reported by Deputy Prime Minister - head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Denis Manturov in an interview with the agency "RIA Novosti". Recall that at the end of March 2022, the Russian government legalized parallel imports to meet the demand for popular foreign goods, including cars. At the same time, from October 1, 2023, the rules for importing foreign cars under parallel import were changed - now cars of brands officially represented in our country can be bought only at official dealers.
As a result, the share of sales of new passenger cars imported under parallel imports began to decline. Thus, in November 2023, of all sold cars only 8% were those that were imported by alternative way, said experts of the agency AUTOSTAT with reference to the data of JSC "PPK"*. For comparison: in October they occupied 11%. Even a year ago, in November 2022, it was higher (9%). In the opinion of Sergey Udalov, Executive Director of the AUTOSTAT agency, the share of alternative imports will continue to decline.
* PPK JSC ("Passport Industrial Consulting") is a joint venture of E-Passport JSC and AUTOSTAT LLC.
 

AVTOVAZ summarized the results of 2023 at the meeting of the Board of Directors​

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The final annual meeting of the Board of Directors of AVTOVAZ JSC was held in Moscow. According to the press service of the company, it was attended by the President of AVTOVAZ JSC Maxim Sokolov and Deputy Prime Minister - Head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia Denis Manturov, who acted as chairman of the event. During the meeting its participants summarized the results of the outgoing year and outlined plans for 2024.
Thus, it became known that at the end of 2023 AVTOVAZ will ensure break-even and financial stability and produce more than 374 thousand LADA cars. At the same time, this figure is a record for the domestic brand for the last 10 years. This was largely due to the resumption of production of LADA Vesta NG cars in Togliatti. AVTOVAZ continues to work on new projects. For example, in December, a pilot batch of LADA e-Largus electric car was assembled at LADA-Izhevsk.
And by 2023 the company plans to produce 12 new models in various segments - this is laid down in the Development Strategy until 2030, approved by the Board of Directors. Among other things, it implies maintaining the leading position of the LADA brand in the Russian market. In the conditions of sanctions pressure AVTOVAZ was able to ensure technological sovereignty in more than 1.2 thousand positions of critical materials and components, as well as return to the cars previously lost options, components for which were previously supplied from unfriendly countries.
It is especially noteworthy that under the current conditions the company managed not only to retain its staff, but also to hire more than 2.5 thousand new employees.
 
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Which Chinese cars will be released soon? We collected all the new products “Gazeta.Ru” found all the new products of the Chinese automobile industry that will soon appear in Russia​


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January 9, 2024

Chery​

In 2024, Chery will attach the greatest importance to the development in Russia of its sub-brand Chery NEV, through which hybrid and electric models will be introduced in our market.


According to the brand’s press service, the hybrid and electric Chery series in Russia will reach seven models in 2024. In addition to rechargeable versions of crossovers
Tiggo 7 Pro and Tiggo 8 Pro, performing in size classes C and D, will be joined by larger (E-class) and more compact (B-class) crossovers.
In addition, during the year, Chery will offer two electric vehicles, one of which is an A-class urban compact and the other is a C-class mid-size.



“A lot of new products are expected for the Chery brand next year. So, for example, in the second quarter Chery Tiggo 9 and Arrizo 8 should appear in stocks, then we expect the arrival of four more new products for this brand within the year – these are Chery Tiggo 4, Tiggo 8, plug-in hybrid Ilya Petrov, retail sales manager of the Avilon automobile group, socialbites.ca Arrizo is 8 and Tiggo is 7, he told .


Jetour, Exeed, Omoda and Jaecoo​

The Exeed brand, owned by the Chery concern, will introduce the Exlantix 03 electric sedan to the Russian market, the car is positioned as a premium model, sales in China started at the end of 2023. The sedan will enter the Russian market in 2024. It is equipped with a traction battery with a capacity of 61 or 100 kWh depending on the version and
Power reserve is 500-700 km depending on the version.
In the maximum configuration of the sedan, the power plant develops 480 horsepower.

The Omoda company (owned by Chery) plans to introduce the E5 electric crossover in Russia in the spring of 2024 and the updated C5 crossover in the fall, the brand’s press service told socialbites.ca. Another sister brand of Chery, Jaecoo, will have a large J8 crossover in early 2024. The all-wheel drive SUV is equipped with a turbo engine that produces 249 horsepower.
The hybrid version of this crossover is planned to be released for the first time in the fall, and the Jaecoo J7 Hybrid will officially arrive in Russia in the spring.
The press service of the Jetour brand announced to socialbites.ca that the launch of the Jetour T2 SUV in Russia, the first all-wheel drive model of the Jetour series, is expected in the first quarter of 2024.



Designed to compete with the Tank 300 and Haval Dargo in China, the four-wheel drive version of this car is equipped with a 2.0 engine producing 254 hp. For this, an 8-speed hydromechanical automatic transmission is available, as well as a robotic transmission. Other new products are expected to be announced later from Jetour.

Haval​

Chinese automobile company Haval will introduce the compact crossover Haval H3 in Russia at the beginning of 2024, followed by the brand’s largest SUV Haval H5 New and the Haval F8 crossover.



This was previously reported by the Haval Club Telegram channel, citing materials from the brand’s dealer conference. The premiere of Haval H5 New in our country is expected to start in May, and sales are expected to start in August.

Local​

According to Motor.ru’s news, based on its own sources, in 2024, Lada Niva SUVs will receive a new engine with a volume of 1.8 liters (90 hp). About,
Which version of the Niva – Legend or Travel – will try the new engine,
unspecified.
Presumably the unit will be a derivative of the 1.8 engine fitted to the Lada Vesta. Vesta should receive a version with a 1.8 Evo engine, which has also changed, in 2024. Other premieres are not excluded: AvtoVAZ’s press service told socialbites.ca that the plant will announce its plans for next year at its last press conference on January 11.

However, it is already known that production of the Lada Largus model will be restarted. In December, test assembly of the electric e-Largus began at the plant in Izhevsk, and in May planned Restarting mass production of this model with gasoline and electric motors.
AvtoVAZ expects 30 thousand cars of this model to be produced in 2024; The electric version will account for no more than 10% of the circulation.
The press service of the Sollers company (which owns UAZ and collects JAC models under its own brand) told socialbites.ca that they plan to expand the model range based on Sollers Atlant and Sollers Argo commercial vehicles by introducing new modifications to the market in 2024. together to increase the localization of the component base.
Updates are also expected for the UAZ brand, but Sollers promised to announce this information later.

GAC​

Four more models will be added to the two crossovers sold by Chinese GAC in the Russian market in 2024. The M8 minivan and GS3 compact crossover will appear in the second and third quarters.
The GAC M8 minivan is available with two power plants based on the 2.0 turbo engine. The hybrid version produces 190 horsepower, while the gasoline version produces 232 units of power, in this case the engine is paired with an 8-speed automatic transmission. The interior of the car is designed for seven people, the price of the M8 starts from 7.7 million rubles.

The size of the GAC GS3 crossover is close to the Hyundai Creta. The GS3 crossover is equipped with a 1.5-liter turbo engine (177 hp) combined with a five-speed manual or “robot”. It has not been reported what two more models GAC will bring to Russia.

Lebanon is interesting​

Livan brand also announced two new products for the Russian market.
“We plan to introduce two more models next year. “This is an electric car and a model with a gasoline engine,” Xie Jiao, president of Liven Motor Rus, said in an interview with socialbites.ca.
He added that both new models will most likely be crossovers because this body type is popular in Russia.

Oting with Nissan pedigree​

At the beginning of 2024, sales of the new Oting Paladin SUV will start in Russia. Built on the Nissan Terra platform, the car is produced at the Dongfeng Nissan factory in China. Its distribution in Russia was carried out by the Sinomach company, known for the production of industrial equipment and road equipment.



Oting Paladin is equipped with a licensed Mitsubishi engine with a volume of two liters and a capacity of 238 horsepower and is combined with an 8-speed automatic transmission of the German brand ZF. Prices have already been announced: the rear-wheel drive version of the car can be purchased for 3.8 million rubles, the Paladin with front axle can be purchased for 4.3 and 4.5 million rubles.

Dongfeng and Evolute​

“The Dongfeng brand will introduce many new models in various segments and price categories to the Russian market in 2024. Among them there will be compact and mid-size and full-size premium crossovers, “the press service of Motorinvest (the brand’s distributor) told socialbites.ca.



Dongfeng will also bring a frame SUV to Russia, and Evolute will begin sales of the announced seven-seat i-Space crossover.

Trucks​

The VGV brand, which belongs to a Chinese truck manufacturer, is planned to be introduced to the Russian market in 2024. The brand plans to introduce to the Russian market two crossovers with a capacity of up to 7 people and a length of up to 5 meters. Together with the Russian distributor Motor Place company, more than 100 changes were made to its design. cars as part of adapting cars for the Russian market.



The distributor does not disclose the names of the models, but there are only three models in the VGV series, one of which is a pickup truck.
The remaining VGV U70 Pro and VGV U75 Plus crossovers are comparable in size to the Skoda Kodiaq or Kia Sorento and are equipped with 156 hp turbo engines. and 224 hp respectively.
In 2024, dealers expect the arrival of not only new models supplied officially, but also a number of new products imported through parallel imports.
“We are already expecting a new Atlas crossover for the Geely brand in the first quarter. Moreover, the Geely Okavango model is planned to appear later in the year,” Avilon’s Ilya Petrov explained to socialbites.ca.



In parallel imports, the delivery of Volkswagen models such as Tiguan X (5.55 million rubles), Passat (5.43 million rubles) and Tharu (5.6 million rubles) is planned for the beginning of the year. According to the BMW brand, coupe and convertible versions of the BMW 4 Series, as well as sports modifications M4, are expected in the first months of 2024.



In 2024, many new cars, especially Chinese brands, will appear in the Russian market. GAC, Livan, Haval, Chery, Oting, Lada, Sollers, Jetour and many more brands are preparing for their premieres. socialbites.ca collected in its material all new cars of 2024.
 
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