LADA Ellada
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| Lada Ellada | |
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| Overview | |
| Manufacturer | AvtoVAZ |
| Also called | VAZ-1817 |
| Production | 2012-2013 |
| Assembly | Russia: Tolyatti |
| Body and chassis | |
| Class | B-segment |
| Layout | Front engine, front-wheel drive |
| Powertrain | |
| Power output | 60 kW (80 hp) |
| Battery |
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| Electric range | 45–200 km (28–124 mi) |
| Chronology | |
| Successor | LADA Vesta EV |
The LADA Ellada (also known as EL Lada) is the first serial Russian electric car produced by AvtoVAZ, with approximately 100 prototype cars made. It is built on the LADA Kalina chassis. It was publicly launched in 2011.[1]
The project was developed and promoted by Evgeny Shmelev, Sergey Kurdyuk, Sergey Amanov, Alexander Sviridov (project manager for the production of the prototype batch), Sergey Ivlev (AvtoVAZ); Georgy Efremov and Dmitry Tolmachev (Stavropol Krai).
Development cost 10 million euro, and the cost of a production model is 1.25 million rubles (30,000 euro as of early 2013)[2].
In December 2012, it was announced that about 100 vehicles would be delivered to Stavropol Krai, where they would be used as taxis, with the Stavropol administration being required to subsidize half of the cost of each vehicle. On January 22, 2013, AvtoVAZ shipped the first five LADA Ellada electric vehicles from the batch to the “Автоколонна 1721” (Avtokolonna 1721) transport company in the spa city of Kislovodsk[3]. However, due to disagreements between the Stavropol administration and AvtoVAZ, further deliveries were not made. In addition, the administration failed to build the necessary charging station infrastructure — there were only three stations in all of Kislovodsk. The company Ensto served as a partner in the construction of charging stations. By 2015, five vehicles used as taxis had traveled 50,000–70,000 km each.
A prototype batch of 100 vehicles was nevertheless produced.
Forty cars were transferred to dealers in the Central and Southern Federal Districts as test vehicles — to gauge demand — while another 40 remained at AvtoVAZ. In early January 2014, it was decided to sell the electric vehicles to dealers at near-cost — 960,000 rubles — but sales were limited to legal entities (so that the plant could monitor the vehicles’ operation).
It is known that the first private vehicle was purchased by the head of Rostec S. V. Chemezov[2]; in addition, the car was acquired by the King of Jordan in 2012, and in 2014, the car was purchased by the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov[4].
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