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The Yo-mobil (Russian: ё-мобиль, IPA: [ˈjɵ mɐˈbʲilʲ]) was a planned series type hybrid electric car that was going to be produced by the Russian Yo-auto. The company was a joint venture between SKD truck maker Yarovit and the ONEXIM investment group.[2][3][4]
| Industry | Automotive |
|---|---|
| Founded | 12 April 2010 as CITY CAR Limited |
| Headquarters | Moscow, Russia |
Number of locations | Russia, Belarus |
| Products | Automotive engineering Industrial engineering Power electronics Control electronics Automotive styling Industrial styling Prototyping |
| Divisions | ё-AUTO ё-ENGINEERING |
| Website | none |
| Yo-mobil | |
|---|---|
| |
| Overview | |
| Manufacturer | ё-AUTO |
| Production | cancelled[1] |
| Body and chassis | |
| Body style | Crossover, hatchback, truck |
| Powertrain | |
| Engine | Gasoline or natural gas hybrid |
On 7 April 2014 it was announced that the project was sold to the Russian government for €1.[5] As of 2017[update], no production vehicles were ever produced.
The car was introduced on 13 December 2010 in Moscow, a product of a joint venture between Yarovit, owner of a small assembly plant in St. Petersburg, Russia and the Onexim investment group, headed by Mikhail Prokhorov, who is the leader and financier of the project.[2][4] Prokhorov planned to invest around €150 million (US$200 million) in a venture, dubbed Yo-auto.[2] According to Prokhorov, he intended for the vehicle to "break the stereotype saying Russia can't produce good cars."[4]
The car was designed to be powered by an engine that can burn both gasoline and natural gas. The series hybrid no-transmission layout uses an electric generator that feeds its power directly into the car's two rear electric motors, unlike parallel hybrid cars like the Toyota Prius.[2] A super capacitor would provide a small but powerful energy buffer. It was planned to install a rotary vane type engine, with the pistons moving in a circle, rather than linearly.[2]
The design includes a plastic body that can be recycled to make other structural components. Another feature is the ability for the vehicle to become a 20 kW power station for a house or business during a grid failure.
Fuel economy of the car was expected to be around 67 mpg‑US (3.5 L/100 km; 80 mpg‑imp), with a range of 680 miles (1,090 km) and a top speed of 80 mph (130 km/h).[2] However, no tests were conducted due to the lack of working examples.
The project has been criticized by Russian automotive specialists.[6] for a number of reasons:
The inventor of the engine Mikhail Virgiyanov in an open letter to the company later refused to continue work on the engine and accused the company of copyright infringement.[7]
Yo-auto initially planned to begin producing the car during the second half of 2012,[citation needed] and had aims to sell 10,000 during the first year of production.[2][4] However, these plans were revised in 2012, with the estimated start of production was moved to early 2015, a plan that never came to fruition.[1] While it will be initially sold in Russia, Yo-auto planned to sell the vehicle in Europe subject to compliance with European Union regulations.[4] The cars was to be manufactured in a factory near St. Petersburg that would have an estimated annual capacity of 45,000 units. A second factory, to be opened later, was expected to double the annual production rate.[citation needed] However, these plans were also revised in 2013, with the estimated total annual production rate were targeted at 40,000 units.[10]
In late 2011, Vietnamese company TMT and Yo-auto announced plans to develop a line of 2-8 seat cars for the Vietnam market, developed from the Yo-mobil platform.[11]
At the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show, yo-Auto presented a concept yo-mobil with sliding doors. Instead of mirrors, the concept utilized a pair of video cameras for rear view vision.[12]
In 2012 Mikhail Prokhorov presented Vladimir Zhirinovsky of the LDPR party with a gift of an advanced model of the Ё-Mobile, the ё-Crossback EV, for his 2012 election campaign.[13]
In August 2013 the official website of ё-ENGINEERING has been started, it is offline as of August 2017.
On 7 April 2014 ONEXIM announced the transfer of Yo-Mobile technologies to the government-owned research institute NAMI for a symbolical price of 1 euro. It also announced its intention to sell the Yo-Mobile Saint-Petersburg plants. ONEXIM explained the decision by the weakening of the Russian rouble and recent decline of the auto-market in Russia.[14]
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