On April 29, AVTOTOR announced that it will expand its product line of the Kaliningrad plant with two compact electric vehicle models. The new EVs will be launched under the EONYX brand.
The new vehicles are L7 category EV models and are built for Russian climate conditions. The cars will be equipped with locally pr

On April 11, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Russian Federation visited Avtotor's Kaliningrad plant. As part of the negotiations, the parties discussed the potential for further expansion of trade and economic cooperation, the possibility of activating mutual inve

On April 1, Avtotor announced that it had started test production of KAIYI X7 with all-wheel drive at the Kaliningrad automobile plant.
It is setting up equipment and working out the technological process. It plans to launch serial production by the end of summer 2025. 
The car will have an intelligent AWD system wit

On March 27, Avtotor completed the installation of a new robotic welding line at the Kaliningrad Automobile Plant. This advanced line enables the production of multiple car bodies on a single platform. The commissioning stage has begun, with the first test body successfully welded. The new system is highly automated,

On February 28, Avtotor presented its auto component cluster and technological solutions as part of the "Remotorization" project at Kazan Truck Expo 2025. The presentation highlighted AVTOTOR’s projects focused on increasing localization and developing its component base.
Avtotor presented its electric motors, with a

On February 3, Avtotor announced that it is installing a new robotic welding line, designed to produce multiple car body models on a single platform in Kaliningrad plant. Modern robotic equipment of the automated welding line ensures high-precision welding operations.
The line has an annual capacity of up to 80,000 c

On January 21, Avtotor started production of BAIC BJ60 at its plant in Kaliningrad. BJ60 became the second off-road model of the brand produced in Avtotor’s plant. The vehicle's dimensions are 5,040 mm x 1,955 mm x 1,925 mm, with a wheelbase of 2,820 mm. 
It has a 2-liter diesel engine with a capacity of 163 hp and a

On December 27, AVTOTOR announced that it has completed the installation of the first stage of equipment at its new electronic control systems plant. The plant will manufacture electronic control units for cars with a capacity to produce up to 1 million products annually. The launch of the first stage plant at produc

On December 20, AVTOTOR announced plans to begin producing gas-powered vehicles, including passenger cars, SUVs, and light commercial vehicles, by 2025. The announcement was made at the IV All-Russian Gas Motor Forum held in Kaliningrad, Russia. The Kaliningrad site was chosen due to its high potential for developing

On November 3, Avtotor signed an agreement with JSC TVEL (the management company of the Rosatom Fuel Division, which oversees the Electromobility direction) to increase the efficiency of joint promotion of electric vehicles in different regions of the country within the framework of joint programs for the development

On October 10, Avtotor presented the result of the joint project of Avtotor and Gazprom Gazomotornye Sistemy LLC to expand the list of vehicles running on environmentally friendly fuel, methane, at the St. Petersburg International Gas Forum 2024. Two passenger cars with natural gas as the main fuel and gasoline as th

On October 8, Avtotor presented promising projects at the All-Russian Practical Conference TAXI-2024. It is currently developing a compact electric vehicle based on its own developments and licensed engineering solutions. According to preliminary estimates, this product will also be in demand in taxi services, car sh

On September 5, Forthing announced that it would start sales of the T5 crossover with automatic transmission. It is assembled in Kaliningrad in the Avtotor plant. Its price starts from RUB 1,950,000. 
Its dimensions are 4,545 x 1,825 x 1,750 mm with a wheelbase of 2,720 mm. It is designed by Pininfarina Design Studio

On September 2, multiple sources reported that Ambertruck had started sales of the light-duty truck Ambertruck JL in Russia. It is powered by a 2.8-litre diesel engine producing 109 hp, which is paired with a 5-speed manual transmission. Its payload capacity is 1,560 kg. It is manufactured at the Avtotor plant in Kal

On August 28, multiple sources reported that Avtotor is planning 12 plants for localized production of electric vehicles and auto component manufacturing in Kaliningrad by 2029. It will see a total investment of RUB 70 billion. 
The recently inaugurated electric motor manufacturing plant is the first plant in this pr

On August 28, Avtotor started operations of an electric motor plant in the Kaliningrad region. It can produce 60,000 electric motors per year. The product line includes electric motors with a capacity of 23 kW to 140 kW for various types of light electric transport. The plant has started producing a test batch of ele

On April 15, Avtotor started series production of Jetour brand vehicles at its Kaliningrad plant. The first model of the brand was the compact crossover SUV Dashing.
Avtotor and Jetour specialists have already begun preparing and equipping facilities for the full-cycle production of Jetour products (welding, painting

On March 26, Avtotor signed an agreement with Rosatom for the creation of an assembly production of batteries for electric vehicles at the Avtotor site. This is the first time in Russia, an assembly production of batteries is being created at the site of an automobile plant.
The production capacity will be up to 10 t

On March 15, Avtotor announced that an electric taxi service based on AMBERAUTO A5 electric vehicles, produced at the Avtotor plant, has begun operating in the Kaliningrad region. The first electric vehicles have already entered the fleet and are ready for work. 
By the end of April, the electric taxi fleet will cons

On February 27, Avtotor announced that it will produce Forthing brand cars from March 2024. It will produce Forthing T5, Forthing T5 EVO, and MPV Forthing M4 YACHT crossovers. Sales of Forthing cars are scheduled to begin in the first quarter of 2024.
The production of these models is carried out in industrial assemb