If you didn’t know Lada Largus, is a station wagon launched in Russia in 2010, and it is nothing more than a redesigned Dacia Logan MCV. At the time, Renault owned 25% of the Russian manufacturer AvtoVAZ, but after the recent conflict between Russia and Ukraine, Renault decided to cease all activities in Russia and sell all its shares in AvtoVAZ in the Russian state.

The owner of Lada is currently restructuring its activities: after the resumption of production of Lada Largus in Russian Tolyatti, the Russian station wagon is about to decline. 100% electric version : Lada e-Largus.

Lada e-Largus: 100% electric station wagon

This Lada e-Largus will be produced at the brand’s plant in Izhevsk, in the west of the country, where the Lada Vesta is currently produced. At the moment, Lada has not yet announced a launch date, but has confirmed that it will be launched in 2023. park of prototypes which will allow verification tests to be carried out. Therefore, serial production should not start until at least 2024.

Lada has not yet announced the technical details of its 100% electric wagon, the autonomy of which is still unknown. Rumor has it it should be close 400 km in his specific version (5th and 7th places), and Fr 250 km in his service versionwhich we find for the first time in this official illustration.

Lada e-Largus: classic electric architecture

The Lada e-Largus takes over the body and interior of the thermal Largus and is set to adopt a fairly classic electric architecture, with the motorization placed at the front and the batteries distributed between the floor and the bottom of the rear seats. The Combo CCS charging socket will be located behind the model’s fuel tank door.

As for the price, according to the first estimates, it is about 3 million rubles, or the equivalent of about 48,000 euros: this is more than twice the price of the thermal Largus!

Lada e-Largus: not for Europe

We are unlikely to see it yet Lada e-Largus in Europe, in an uncertain international context. In addition, Lada has not been sold on the French market since 2017: this is the choice of the Renault group, which does not want the Russian brand to compete with Dacia.

The Lada e-Largus will also be based on a model that dates back about twenty years, with no safety equipment, so it should not be up to date. safety standards imposed on the Old Continent.

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