“No analogues”: an electric car UAZ “Loaf” is being developed in the Crimea

They are working on an electric UAZ-452 in occupied Crimea. The new version of the long-unused minibus should be introduced this summer. Reported by TASS.

The electric car UAZ “Bukhanka” was created by the research and production enterprise “Elkafa”. He signed an agreement with UAZ – the company helps develop and supplies cars without engines.

Tests of the electric car will begin in the spring in the mountainous and steppe Crimea. After that, it is planned to begin the conversion of standard UAZ-452s to electric ones and their assembly in small batches. They also offer to sell power plant sets so van owners can convert them to electric vehicles on their own.

The characteristics of the electric UAZ-452 have not been disclosed, but it is known that the archaic design of the car is not suitable for installing a large battery. It is stated that they have developed an all-electric version and a gasoline engine-generator version that increases the range.

The UAZ-452 SGR, nicknamed “Loaf”, is the oldest car model currently produced in the world: it has been produced since 1965 with minimal changes. The van does not meet modern safety requirements, and recently they began to equip it with an outdated engine of the environmental standard Euro-0. It is noteworthy that in the 70s they tried to develop UAZ-452 electric vehicles, but things did not go beyond an experimental batch of 100 cars.

Previously Focus He reported that sanctions against the Russian Federation put an end to the UAZ Hunter electric car. It was developed in the Czech Republic.

We also wrote that the new Moskvich electric car turns out to be more expensive than Tesla.