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Evolute explains the “Ethiopian origin” of its electric vehicles

  • October 29, 2022
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According to the International Classification of Vehicle Identification Numbers, cars produced in Russia must have a VIN beginning with “X” or “Z”. However, for electric trains of the

Evolute explains the “Ethiopian origin” of its electric vehicles

According to the International Classification of Vehicle Identification Numbers, cars produced in Russia must have a VIN beginning with “X” or “Z”. However, for electric trains of the new domestic brand Evolute, the alphanumeric combination is opened by the symbol “E”, which in theory indicates their African origin. What is going on? The AvtoVzglyad portal has found a reliable explanation for this phenomenon.

When “buying” a brand new Evolute i-Pro in the Avilon dealer showroom in the capital, our correspondent noted that the VIN number of the demonstration electric car starts with the “EA” code. This naturally raised questions, because the sedan is assembled at Motorinvest in Lipetsk from car kits supplied from China. And “EA”, according to the same international classification, is assigned to Ethiopia.

This leads to different thoughts – for example, you might think that Evolute has something unclean in a legal sense. Or another dubious version: initially these Chinese “trains” wanted to supply the African market, but something did not grow together and they were reoriented to Russia. In fact, everything turned out to be much simpler.

The clue is that in the case of Evolute, the third character must also be taken into account. “EA” may have been established for Ethiopia, but here “EAN” is the international identifier of Motorinvest LLC, which was attached to the AvtoVzglyad portal by company representatives with relevant documents. So legally, the Evoluts are right, and they have nothing to do with Africa.

When “buying” a brand new Evolute i-Pro in the Avilon dealer showroom in the capital, our correspondent noted that the VIN number of the demonstration electric car starts with the “EA” code. This naturally raised questions, because the sedan is assembled at Motorinvest in Lipetsk from car kits supplied from China. And “EA”, according to the same international classification, is assigned to Ethiopia.

This leads to different thoughts – for example, you might think that Evolute has something unclean in a legal sense. Or another dubious version: initially these Chinese “trains” wanted to supply the African market, but something did not grow together and they were reoriented to Russia. In fact, everything turned out to be much simpler.

The clue is that in the case of Evolute, the third character must also be taken into account. “EA” may have been established for Ethiopia, but here “EAN” is the international identifier of Motorinvest LLC, which was attached to the AvtoVzglyad portal by company representatives with relevant documents. So legally, the Evoluts are right, and they have nothing to do with Africa.

Source: Avto Vzglyad

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