MOSCOW, Russia, August 30, 2012 (ENS) – Russia’s largest
automaker AvtoVAZ unveiled its first electric car for journalists at the Moscow
Auto Show on Wednesday.
AvtoVAZ said in a statement that the El Lada is “a first in
the history” of the company. The new electric cars will be used as taxis in the
mountainous Stavropol region of the Russian Caucasus, the company said.
The El Lada at the Moscow Auto Show is a concept car – the
first work of Steve Mattin as the chief designer of AvtoVAZ. The style of the
El Lada EV is based on the automaker’s petrol-powered Lada Kalina, a popular
Russian model.