On the issue of electric cars begin to think not only of major foreign companies and Russian producers. KAMAZ vengeance is testing electric buses and charging stations, the concern KRET have already began to produce their own fast charging stations, and the company VolgaBus have driverless shuttles on the motors. In the past year was shown and a prototype of an electric Lada Vesta, and now came the turn and the Russian “GAZ Group”, which demonstrated the electro-Gazelle at the opening of the exhibition Comtrans 2017.
The car “GAZelle Next” equipped with electric drive power of 90 kW (122 HP), whereby the power reserve of a new car is about 120 kilometers on a single charge. Recharge your batteries from the mains, voltage 220 and 380 volts. To fully charge the car batteries need about three hours — the website evmode.
As in previous demo versions of the electric Gazelle, “the GAZelle” almost all electric filling imported. The cars of this brand in the past has mounted the engines from the American electric vehicle Dodge EV, released in 2009, was later used by integrated solutions from other manufacturers. In particular, used battery company EnerDel. However, components were purchased to create electric “GAZelle Next” by the end of the year plan to begin to replace Russian counterparts. The GAS together with its partners before the end of 2017, plans to start designing your own batteries. But it is not specified who the basic elements of nutrition, they will be collected. It is likely that all-of import.
Company representatives noted that the characteristics of electric cars of this brand significantly enhance the performance of vehicles and future electric propulsion can be used for serial production of “GAZelle Next”, but naming a specific time frame refused. Probably, at first manufacturer will be to focus on certain customers, delivering electric GAZelle companies, carriers and enterprises.
In Moscow showed a new electro-Gazelle
Vyacheslav Larionov