It should have been clear to everyone involved: As soon as you publish this car on the Internet, it will go viral. Anyone who thought that the first Fiat Multipla was the ugliest vehicle in the world will be proven wrong by this red monster. International media, including “Yahoo News”, report that the Moscow Polytechnic University has presented this prototype and would like to build it together with the automobile manufacturer Avtotor in Kaliningrad.
It says: “The development was reportedly commissioned by the Avtotor factory in Kaliningrad, which was known for producing BMW, Ford, KIA and Hyundai vehicles until Western sanctions necessitated a switch to this new venture. The factory will now have to be content with this ‘monster’.”
But even if it’s a funny idea that this red thing will eventually stream past the Kremlin en masse, it probably won’t happen. Although the car exists, it is by no means intended for series production.
The speedster is simply a test platform for new technologies that will be used in the future in a real Russian electric car that Avtotor is working on. Because in this car, which will probably be called Amber, parts such as the motor, inverter, control boards and batteries should come from our own production in order to be more independent of international trading partners.
The viral car is used to test new developments quickly and easily. The design is apparently rather functional and takes little consideration for the retinas of its viewers. The license plate also gives an indication of the intended use. It simply says “tests”.
However, the university apparently felt compelled to publish a clarification about the meaning and purpose of its red car – because quite a few people understood the vehicle as a finished product with which Russia competes with manufacturers such as Tesla, Kia, VW and Co wants to go.
The researchers published a statement on Telegram. It says: “The red vehicle has nothing to do with the external appearance of Avtotor’s own electric car, which is currently being worked on. The photos circulated show a universal subframe developed by specialists from the Moscow Polytechnic, with which the functioning of all systems of the future vehicle. It makes it possible to install any unit and to test the system assembled into a single system in motion. With this carrier, the systems of future wheeled vehicles can be tested under realistic operating conditions.”
Sources: Moscow Polytechnic, Telegram, Yahoo
