The Russian car market will be supplemented by a new hybrid model from Evolute. According to Andrey Reznikov, managing partner of the manufacturer, the new product will belong to the C-class and will be more affordable than the Evolute i-Space crossover, which in 2024 became the most budget-friendly hybrid in Russia according to "Autostat".
The new model has already appeared in China and, according to Reznikov, is a "super modern product." He noted that the Russian market could not previously offer up-to-date hybrid and electric vehicles due to "historical issues" related to localization.
We will present a hybrid model in the C-class — cheaper than the i-Space. It only appeared on the Chinese market this year. This will be a super modern product. Unfortunately, the Russian market of localized electric vehicles could not previously boast modern models due to, shall we say, historical issues.
However, Evolute intends to accelerate the renewal of its model range. The top manager stated that by next year, the plant in the Lipetsk region will not have platforms "older than a year," which will allow for faster adaptation of modern technologies.
I think that next year we will not have platforms in production that are more than a year old. This imposes some restrictions: we cannot localize components earlier, because we understand that the existing line is a little behind international standards. And what we are launching is just being born. Accordingly, we will localize universal components as quickly as possible.
The company also continues to deepen the localization of production. It recently became known that by 2026, Evolute plans to expand the range of models produced in Russia using the full cycle.
Earlier www1.ru reported on the debut of the updated Evolute i-Space at the Innoprom exhibition.
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