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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?
(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Friday August 24 2018, @04:07PM
After Volkswagen et al. demonstrated that it's feasible to game your numbers, I'll believe that this Russian thing is the New Hotness sexier-than-Tesla thing when some third party (or preferably multiple) verify their numbers.
Talk is cheap
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"