News of the automotive industry

When Prince Albert II of Monaco visited Antarctica in 2009, he was unpleasantly surprised that people move around one of the cleanest corners of the world by transport with "dirty" internal combustion engines. He turned to the Venturi company with an order for the development of an environmentally friendly all-terrain vehicle with electric traction. Since then, two trial models have been released, and the final third is now being prepared for shipment to Antarctica.

Within the framework of the state defense order, 25 special vehicles were delivered to the units of the engineering troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation for the SAGR mine clearance groups. The vehicles were delivered to the engineering units of the military districts, the Northern Fleet and the units of the Russian Aerospace Forces.

At the 10th International Exhibition of Weapons and Military Equipment MILEX-2021, held last week in Minsk, several modifications of the Kaiman armored vehicles created at the 140th repair plant were presented.

The latest armored vehicles "Ural Tornado-U" were delivered to the mountain compound of the Central Military District (CVO), stationed in the Republic of Tyva.

A new amphibious vehicle is being developed for the Russian Marine Corps. June 27, portal flotprom.ru he reported that the KRIZO plant presented civil and military versions of cars based on the Niva SUV.

After a successful series of tests with the participation of auto giants Hyundai and Toyota, many global automakers began to show increased interest in hydrogen-fueled cars.

This tactic was used for the first time in the Kaliningrad region by the Baltic Fleet mortars.

The tactics of "nomadic" mortars are used during the combat training of gunners of the Western Military District, the Military-Industrial Courier was told in the information support department of the press service of the ZVO for the BF.

Tatrabras held its first presentation on the Brazilian market of all-terrain trucks with a 6x6 wheel formula equipped with Euro 5 and Euro 6 engines, which will be produced in the state of Paraná from September.

On the opening day of the 10th International Exhibition MILEX-2021 held in Minsk, the first official demonstration of the prototype of the MZKT-690003 armored personnel carrier (Volat V-2) with an 8x8 wheel formula developed by the Belarusian JSC MZKT took place.

In China, a restyling of the legendary Chinese all-terrain vehicle Beijing BJ 212 is presented, which in turn is a modified copy of the Soviet GAZ-69. Now the updated Beijing BJ 212 has a clear external similarity with the Mercedes-Benz G-class SUV.

At a recent military parade in Zambia, Russian-made Tiger armored vehicles were demonstrated for the first time.

They differ from the already familiar models with reinforced weapons. In the rotating armored turret with an open top, the Vladimirov heavy machine gun, currently considered one of the most powerful in the world, is installed.

It seems that Tesla has acquired one of the most powerful supercomputers in the world. At the moment, the installation has a performance of 1.8 exaFLOPS, and the bottom line is that this is only a third of the future Dojo supercomputer. 

The Ural-4320 became the platform for the installation of the British Rapier surface-to-air missile system.

The combat vehicle was demonstrated this month in the capital of Zambia, Lusaka, during a large-scale military parade dedicated to the 45th anniversary of the formation of the national armed forces.

Inside, everything you need-comfortable seats, climate control, and, of course, a lot of armor.

At least for hunting, at least for a special operation. GAZ "Tiger" is the most popular armored car in the Russian law enforcement agencies. Some cars that have served their time end up on the secondary market. The most recent and trouble-free "Tiger" is sold for 8 million rubles.

Self-driving cars will be able to become full-fledged road users in five to ten years, current communication technologies are vulnerable to hacking and do not allow this, Dmitry Peskov, special representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the field of digital and technological development, said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

Czechoslovakian weapons can be in demand even after four and a half decades after development. Excalibur Army has shown a new video about the Dana M2 self-propelled gun-an upgraded version of the Dana vz self-propelled gun. 77. Of particular interest is the fact that this self-propelled gun is purchased by the Ukrainian army.

Dr. Rachid Yazami, best known for inventing a graphite anode for use inside lithium-ion batteries, said he has developed a technology that can charge electric vehicles in just 10 minutes.

The Slovenian Ministry of Defense announced on June 4 the presentation of the first JLTV light armored vehicles with the 4x4 wheel formula (national designation LKOV – Laki Kolesni Oklepni Vozil) produced by Oshkosh Defense.

The mobile minelayer "Tick" will go to the state tests in the Ministry of Defense of Russia. The vehicle was created on the platform of the Typhoon-Airborne armored car. This was reported to Sputnik radio by the chief designer of Remdiesel.

In the Network there were photos of another unusual gantrak - this time from Venezuela. There, the military installed a Soviet 23-mm Zu-23-2 anti-aircraft gun in the back of an American GMC M35 truck.