He said this during his speech at the superfinal of the Leaders of Russia contest.
Sobyanin drew attention to the fact that “for some reason, everything was decided” that the old Moskvich models would be produced at the plant.
“We are not going to produce old models, we are going to produce the most modern models with the transition to electric vehicles, but we will need international partners,” RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.
Earlier, Sobyanin announced the resumption of production of cars under the Moskvich brand.
On May 16, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia announced that the Russian assets of the Renault group would become state property.
Auto lawyer and auto expert Dmitry Slavnov, in an interview with the 360 TV channel, commented on the statement of the Mayor of Moscow on the resumption of production of cars under the Moskvich brand.