Production at the Moscow automobile plant Moskvich (formerly Renault Russia) will be localized by 2025, Maxim Liksutov, Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Transport, said in a conversation with Arguments and Facts.
“Now we assemble cars from large units, and at the end of next year, part of the body parts will be produced in Moscow, Russian-made tires will be put on cars,” he said.
According to Liksutov, the localization of components will increase every year. He clarified that, according to the instructions of Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, Moskvich will produce cars made only from Russian components on its own unique platform in a few years. It is assumed that this task will be completed by 2025. “We are working on this together with KAMAZ and, I am sure, we will cope. We will try to do it earlier,” Liksutov said. He stressed that all spare parts and components for the new “Moskvich” will be produced at the same plant.
Moskvich began serial SKD assembly of cars on November 23rd. The first model put on the conveyor after the resumption of the work of the plant was Moskvich 3. This is a compact crossover equipped with a 1.5-liter gasoline turbo engine with a capacity of 150 hp. With. The appearance of the novelty and its technical characteristics completely repeat the Chinese crossover JAC JS4. Its cost can range from 1.6 to 2 million rubles.
Earlier it was reported that the first Muscovites will roll off the assembly line in December 2022, in total, 600 cars will be assembled at the plant by the end of this year – 400 cars with a gasoline engine and 200 electric cars. They will be available to buyers in Moscow and the Central Federal District from December, and in the rest of the country from spring 2023. It is expected that 50,000 SKD machines will be assembled next year, 10,000 of which with an electric motor, in 2024 .- 100,000 cars, of which 20,000 are electric cars. Half of the volume of 2024 is expected to be assembled through the full cycle, including welding and painting.
On April 26, the Ministry of Industry and Trade reported that Renault had decided to transfer a stake in its Renault Russia plant (formerly Avtoframos) to the Moscow government. In the spring, Sobyanin announced that the plant would produce cars under the Moskvich brand, and in the future, electric cars.
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