Here is perhaps a less obvious purveyor of electric vehicles – Russian firearms and military equipment manufacturer Kalashnikov has unveiled the CV-1, a prototype electric vehicle clothed in a strong retro design theme. According to news reports, the claimed operating range for the fully-electric CV-1 is 350 km, with juice provided by a 90 kWh battery pack. Acceleration for the 0-100 km/h benchmark is a claimed 6.0 seconds.
The CV-1 has been designed to appear similar to a 1970s Soviet-era car, albeit with modern touches such as LED headlamps and large wheels fitted with low-profile tyres. Overall though, it is a firmly retro aesthetic.
The CV-1 actually isn’t the firm’s first electric vehicle effort. Kalashnikov has already offered off-road vehicles including motorcycles and ATVs, and here the CV-1 – pitched as a rival to the Tesla Model S – is the latest in its line of battery-operated vehicles.
The Palo Alto firm probably hasn’t much to fear from Kalashnikov just yet, though, as details on a production version of the CV-1 are still scarce, and consequently will be some distance away from public consumption. What do you think of the CV-1, dear folks?
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Fit to be Russian mobster car. Just ditch the EV part & throw in a V8 turbo. Best in Black & tinted dark too.
Will this be like its AK namesake, able to go thru harshest weather, mud, dirt, snow, abuse & misuse, lacking maintenance, and yet still function like new?
‘driver proof’ car as to ‘soldier proof’ rifle.
Da, comrade.
Has soul and character ….simply stunning!
0-100 in 6 sec….:)
Looks like a car I use to draw when I was in kindergarten.
Fat, bad aerodynamic.
This is Cherno Alpha of car
Fuhhh….. Segak. Mafia car….
The exterior is really cool looking.
wow…car from the AK47 maker
lets hope it comes with free AK47
Comrade vehicle, eco friendly, powered by vodka. mobster in future > Russian
malaysia automaker should do this type of car.
may be 400km range (real life 270km) is more than enough for city use.
no more petrol car
Can’t help laughing about “the CV-1 – pitched as a rival to the Tesla Model S”.
Really, they could be more modest by pitching it against the Jaguar E-type Zero.
They pitched AK47 against M16 and despite being laff at, it won against the Murican plastic toy.
I like it! Look forward to see it go into production!