Experts attribute this to the failure of production a year ago due to the departure of Western brands.
According to Rosstat, in the last month of spring 2023 Russian automakers produced 42 thousand passenger cars, which significantly exceeds the same period last year - by 11 times.
However, despite the positive dynamics in May, in the first five months of 2023 only 155 thousand cars rolled off the assembly lines, which is 42% less than the same period last year. Thus, the total volume of production of cars this year remains below the last year's figures.
As for trucks, 60.7 thousand such vehicles were produced in 2023, a slight increase of only 0.3% over the first five months of 2022. Significant growth is seen in May 2023, when 13.1 thousand trucks were produced. This is 72% more than in May 2022.
We would like to remind you that earlier the head of Avtotor announced the release of an electric car under the plant's own brand.