News of the automotive industry

The development of armored vehicles on the Armata platform is planned to be completed in 2022, said the acting head of the Main Armored Vehicle Department of the Ministry of Defense, Major General Alexander Shestakov

More than 9 thousand units of armored vehicles and vehicles are included in the procurement and repair plan of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation in 2020-2022. This was announced in an interview with the newspaper "Krasnaya Zvezda" by the acting head of the Main Armored Vehicle Department of the Ministry of Defense, Major General Alexander Shestakov.

German insider CarForce247 presented the first images of a budget Tesla car created on the basis of rumors. This is reported by the publication Electrek.

Hyundai Motor has presented the concept of an unmanned hydrogen transport platform — a small low car without a cab, which can be used independently or as a tractor truck.

In Russia, there will be "secret" modifications of the "UAZ Patriot". The new vehicles will be released for the needs of the radiation, chemical and biological protection troops (RCBZ). The machine will help to detect dangerous substances and mark infected areas. Special SUVs will be delivered to the troops by the end of the year, "Izvestia reports, citing sources in the defense department.

Military personnel of units in the Novosibirsk and Samara regions have begun to master new equipment

The troops of the Central Military District (CVO), stationed in the Novosibirsk and Samara regions, received eight Typhoonenok armored vehicles for the first time. This is stated in a message distributed on Wednesday by the press service of the district.

Rosoboronexport announced an increase in the order portfolio worth more than 3 billion euros. "As a result of negotiations with foreign partners, I have signed more than 30 contract documents worth more than 3 billion euros," the company's press service said on Tuesday.

The new Polish SUV is designed for gunners, but it can also be useful for special forces. September 6, portal milmag.pl He announced that an armored car from the Huta Stalowa Wola company will be presented for the first time at the MSPO defense exhibition.

Tests of the first Russian armored car K-4386 ZA-SpN for special forces will begin in 2022, Igor Zarakhovich, chief designer of the Remdiesel development company, said on September 6.

The company "Yandex" will launch unmanned taxis for passenger transportation in 2021. This is reported by RBC with reference to the corresponding draft government decree supplementing the law "On experimental legal regimes in the field of digital innovations".

The family of equipment based on the armored car K-4386 "Typhoon-airborne" (4X4), created in JSC "Remdiesel", continues to increase.

Tesla will not have time to release an electric Cybertruck pickup truck until 2022. This is reported by the publication Electrek.According to a source familiar with the situation, Tesla "reluctantly" admitted that the Cybertruck electric pickup would not be able to be released on time. Now the head of the company, Elon Musk, said that the start of mass production of the pickup truck is postponed until 2023.

Apple has accepted two former Mercedes employees as part of the development of a project to create its first electric car. This is reported by MacRumors.

The family of equipment based on the armored car K-4386 "Typhoon-airborne" (4X4), created in JSC "Remdiesel", continues to increase. So, at the seventh International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2021", a version of the AMN-D, made in the form of a multi-purpose truck, was demonstrated for the first time.

Readers of the Japanese news aggregator Yahoo News Japan admired the Russian four-wheel drive SUV "Strela", created by GAZ on the basis of the armored car of the same name, produced by the Military-Industrial Company (MIC). InoSMI tells about the reaction of network users.

New Russian SUVs were chosen as the main vehicle for use in the competition of the Army International Games "Guardian of Order"

The Serbian Military Police has re-equipped its fleet with new Russian UAZ "Patriot" SUVs and started their active operation. This is reported by a TASS correspondent from the scene.

The Norwegian autonomous electric cargo ship "Yara Birkelan" will make the first flight between the two cities by the end of the year. According to CNN, there will be no crew on board. The vessel's movement will be monitored by three ground-based data control centers.

For many years, the GAZ-66, nicknamed "Shishigs", were one of the most popular cars in the Soviet, and then the Russian army. They were also widely used in the armed forces of various foreign countries, where they still serve.

It will begin after the completion of state tests, if there is an appropriate decision of the state customer, the Uralvagonzavod concern reported

The production of the latest self-propelled mortar "Phlox" and the self-propelled artillery gun "Magnolia" can be launched in late 2022-early 2023, the press service of the concern "Uralvagonzavod" (UVZ, part of the state corporation "Rostec") told TASS at the international military-technical forum "Army-2021".

The American companies HyPoint and Piasecki Aircraft are going to create the first hydrogen helicopter, as well as develop and certify a hydrogen fuel cell propulsion system for electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. It will give an energy density four times higher than existing lithium-ion batteries.

After an all-electric van designed for intercity transportation was introduced last year, Volta Trucks has started testing a 16-ton platform truck. Now the prototype is undergoing sea trials in the UK.