He plans to involve Chinese partners in the project
The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) has decided to invest in the project to create the Russian electric car Atom, said the head of the fund, Kirill Dmitriev. However, he did not disclose the volume of investments. RDIF considers «Atom» promising and plan to attract Chinese partners to the project.
We announce our investments in the electric car «Atom», together with Rosatom, together with KamAZ. And we also plan to attract Chinese partners there. We believe that the Atom, as an electric car that is extremely promising, will be in great demand among Russian consumers.
Kirill Dmitriev
The first functional prototype of the domestic electric car «Atom» was presented last May in Moscow. Then it was stated that the car's power reserve was 500 km, and it could accelerate to 100 km/h in 8 seconds. Serial production will be organized at the Moskvich automobile plant, the start of sales is scheduled for next year. A few weeks ago, information about the price of an electric car first appeared: it was about three million rubles, but this figure may not be final.