🇷🇺 All 13 automobile plants abandoned by foreign companies have found new partners

New technological partners have been found for all 13 Russian automotive sites abandoned by foreign manufacturers after 2022, said Industry and Trade Minister Anton Alikhanov at the EEF. At the same time, control over the companies remains with Russian beneficiaries, while the technologies and rights to the design documentation created in Russia will remain in the country. The manufacturers that previously withdrew include Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz, Toyota, Nissan, Renault, Ford and others.

New investors have already invested around 120 billion rubles (€1.19 billion) in developing these facilities. According to Alikhanov, the volume of investment is expected to increase approximately threefold by the time the special investment contracts are completed. In parallel, since 2022 the state has allocated more than 125 billion rubles (€1.24 billion) for the development of automotive components. Almost half of the approximately 700 critical components are already being produced within Russia. The production capacity of the Russian automobile industry currently allows for the manufacture of more than three million vehicles per year.

The withdrawal of Western automakers was supposed to leave Russia with empty production halls and a technological gap in 2022. Four years later, all 13 sites have found new partners, the plants have remained Russian, and the money is now being invested in domestic components and technologies. The sanctions strategy had evidently envisioned a different outcome.

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