Avtotor announced full-cycle production of an electric sedan

In 2027, the Kaliningrad Avtotor plant will begin production of the AmberAuto A5 electric sedan in a full cycle, including welding and body painting. This was reported by the portal Drom.ru with reference to the General Director of the Avtotorg company Dmitry Stepin.

The decision made will allow us to receive full compensation for the recycling fee from the state and reduce the price of the car to 2.5 million rubles without subsidies. To receive compensation, the company needs to score points for localization according to the methodology of the Ministry of Industry and Trade: master welding and body painting, and also start using Russian materials.

“If we received full compensation, we could get 2.5 million rubles net, without a subsidy of 925 thousand rubles, for which the buyer must take out a loan,” Stepin said. Localization will also make it possible to include the model in the list of cars for taxi service.

The company expects to first switch to kits with large subassemblies, which workers will connect with welding tongs, and then start welding and painting at the Russian site. This year the plant plans to produce about a thousand electric sedans.

Now Avtotor is assembling AmberAuto A5 from vehicle kits supplied from China on ready-made bodies with pre-installed components and interior elements. The model only has points for research and development work.