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posted by martyb on Friday August 24 2018, @06:11AM   Printer-friendly
from the the-car-looks-like-a-robot-snack dept.

Russian weapons manufacturer Kalashnikov has unveiled a sleek electric concept car that its creators say will compete with Elon Musk's market leader Tesla.

Based on the body of a Soviet hatchback Izh, Kalashnikov's CV-1 electric vehicle's 90 kilowatt hour battery gives it a range of 350 kilometers. The arms company says the car can accelerate from 0 to 100 kilometers per hour in 6 seconds.

The brand, best known for the AK-47 machine gun, on Thursday presented the retro-looking pale blue prototype, the CV-1 at a defence expo outside Moscow.

Earlier this week, online users ridiculed Kalashnikov's new bipedal combat robot. The golden-colour machine, reportedly named "Igoryok" in production stages, immediately became a subject of social media memes.

Is the car going to be a threat to troubled Tesla?


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  • (Score: 2) by SemperOSS on Friday August 24 2018, @09:38AM (2 children)

    by SemperOSS (5072) on Friday August 24 2018, @09:38AM (#725722)

    A design classic? I'd rather say a recognizable design. And Lada as a reliable vehicle? No! My uncle had a "classic" Lada and spent every single weekend nursing it, repairing whatever faults had appeared during the week. A lot of people I knew that had Ladas complained about the quality and the high price of spare parts for a car this cheap.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 24 2018, @10:42AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 24 2018, @10:42AM (#725733)

    I never remember any problem with them compared to other popular cars of the time. Driving around a council estate on a weekend, every guy had their head buried inside the bonnet of a 5 - 10 year old Capri.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 24 2018, @12:20PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 24 2018, @12:20PM (#725758)

    And Lada as a reliable vehicle? No! My uncle had a "classic" Lada and spent every single weekend nursing it

    Had a Lada 1200 ES Estate, ran for years (1976-1989) with only minor tweaks. Original engine fragged (1983) on a long journey due to a major oil leak, replacement engine fitted from a place in Glasgow, the bugger was then capable of reaching 78mph fully loaded...that was scary, and yes the thing handled like a tank...well, more like a tracked bulldozer (for some reason, no-one trusts me in a tank).

    Best thing was the winters, starting first time in the morning with no problem, climbing iced up hilly roads with ease that the local 4WD brigade had issues with, towing the Volvo out of sticky situations..my sister always swore old Ivan (yes, we named the bugger) was happier in the winter as he thought he was back in Siberia.

    Scrapped back in the late 80's, not through any mechanical issues, just we'd no space to keep him and no-one wanted to buy him. (Still have a number of the tools from the toolkit in regular use though.)