russian industry and trade minister denis manturovmoscow russian small private carmaker zetta is designing an electric car and plans to launch production this year russias industry and trade minister denis manturov said on friday the auto industry in russia a global oil and gas exporter has no successful electric car projects at present and analysts see slim prospects in the near future primarily due to poor charging infrastructure there were 5960 electric cars sold in russia last year including 687 new ones and the entire fleet of electric cars in the country is just over 10000 according to the autostat analytical agency advt zetta a startup carmaker based in tolyatti the home of avtovaz which produced the soviet and russian lada is designing a series of electric vehicles including an urban car and a commercial cargo vehicle the companys website says we expect that they will start production before the end of the year but it depends on how the development work is completed manturov said without providing details the project deserves attention but given that the presented model is experimental it needs to be completed the ministry of industry and trade said in a statement denis shchurovsky director and coowner of zetta declined to comment reuters published on mar 27 2021 at 0742 am ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etauto app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app electric car zetta russia autovaz russian auto industry homenewsrussia to produce new electric car this year industry minister