New Director's Comments Episode: Moskvich

Wow, your knowledge of Russian industry is truly impressive! I have to admit, Russia has always been this kind of country with HUGE potential that, intriguingly, doesn't seem to be fully realized. It's like a grand symphony just waiting to be composed :) Interestingly enough, the Russia I grew up in during the 1990s is not the country I live in today (in a good way, of course). A lot has indeed changed for the better. But you're spot on; the car sector and civil sector in general have always been overlooked in Russia/USSR. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. It's always refreshing to talk with someone who knows their stuff!

Thanks for the tip, and you know what? That's exactly what happened. We left the car, restarted it, and it worked just like you described. Funny thing though, this was a test-drive car, so it doesn't have an owner who really knows it inside and out. And Eva, the car salesperson, doesn't drive one either. It's a shame, actually, because she sells it. It would probably help her understand these little quirks a bit better. Anyway, I appreciate your feedback and the thoughtful comment. Take care!

I think Russia is capable of manufacturing their own cars, they have talents from military and aviation manufacturing for example: *Russia experience on manufacturing military cameras and optics can be used to develop 360 cameras for cars and integrated dashcam. *Also Russia has already developed autonomous kamaz trucks, that can be used for the future expansion on autonomous cars. *Experience on manufacturing russian made Kamaz engines and transmissions, several aircraft engines, etc. to make civilian car engines *Experience on making truck, bus, aircraft, and train frames and sidings. To create the body of the car which I think is the easiest part. *Avionics manufacturing experience to manufacture the touchscreen display of the car. *Yandex, Rostec, and Russian Tech industry for maps. *Military communications equipment manufacturing experience to make the radio, bluetooth, wifi, etc. of the car. *The electronics of the car - Cables are probably already manufacturing in Russia, so cables is not really a problem. *Experience on making aircraft glasses and triple pane windows to manufacture the glazing/window glasses. *Russias expertise on titanium, also experience on aluminum and composites on manufacturing aircraft. *Kalashnikov already sells automatic milling machines made in Russia. *I think the hardest part is only making chips and circuit boards even though somehow a hingepoint of making the car work, the chips and circuit boards only represent probably 1-5% of the car. Also including the car Batteries, special motor oils, which makes another 5% and so that means it is possible to initially localize a new Russian car design up to 80% for mass production. The only problem is that there is a lack of significant concentration of government investment on civilian car industry. For now all I know is that Russia is only too concentrated to invest on military and aviation vehicle manufacturing but unfortunately not that much on civilian vehicles but I wish that will change. Russia has so much potential, resources, and talent but time, coordination, concentration, and pressure is needed to make Russian car competitive, independent, and provide more jobs. Only if Billions were allocated to create this new family of civilian car design and manufacturing just like how the Russian government accelerated investments on non military civilian russian aviation industry I think this will be possible. Also honesty is very important like you said and pretending is just not good.

Chiller

Maybe this will work or not but my tip is that If you come across these kind of modern cars that does not require a key to start instead of a button next time, what you have to do is to press on the brakes and hold it then press the button for 2-4 seconds then the car should start(After the engine has started then you can let go of the brakes and switch to drive if ready.) I do not know if that is how it works there but at least in my area, all of the modern cars that has a keyless button engine starter does work like that mostly. Maybe give it a try next time or its just something to keep in mind just in case.

Chiller