According to Mr. Shcherbakov, the line will be represented by three models: normal, “three in one” and “six in one”. How to understand this, the newsmaker did not say, referring to the desire to present a surprise.
The AvtoVzglyad portal, having studied the history of the issue a little, believes that most likely we are talking about a series of South Korean liquid electric motors with a power of up to 140 kW, the technical documentation and production rights of which have been acquired by a Russian company in the relatively recent past. These are really extremely compact motors for their characteristics. What decoding the mysterious “three in one” and “six in one” can mean.
Today, Avtotor is developing its own original gearboxes and other electrical equipment. But now the factory is ready to source up to 70% of the electric drive components. The first electric vehicle is expected to be the L7 ATV, debuting in September. And then the Russians plan to equip their own units with the BAIC U5 electric sedan, the assembly of which will begin in Kaliningrad, and one of the Kaiyi models.
By the way, according to Mr. Shcherbakov, the mass of the advanced engine will be 70 kg, against 150-200 kg of the mass of a conventional internal combustion engine. Today, the company is already preparing to launch an automatic power unit assembly line with a design capacity of up to 120,000 units per year.