#KalashnikovCV-1

Red Star for Effort: Gunmaker-built Russian EV Earns Top Marx For Retro Done Right

You don’t have to be from a former Eastern Bloc country to feel strange pangs of desire for this Russian one-off. Built by Kalashnikov — yes, that Kalashnikov — the CV-1 concept car features an old body concealing an advanced electric powertrain.

The maker of the AK-47, AK-74, and various other automatic small arms apparently wants to stamp out Tesla’s decadent invasion of the Motherland’s fledgling EV market.

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Theflyersfan It's an EVIt's (estimated) at least $90,000It's a KiaI have images of Maseratis and Alfa Romeos pointing and laughing at this upcoming depreciation curve.
Formula m Elon doesn’t get along very well with Justin Trudeau, so he off to Beijing for a weekend trip in search of guidance from the supreme leaders to plot Teslas path forward to full self BS
Aja8888 No one needs to go from 0 to 60 in 4 seconds.
Formula m The new “H o n d a” script/font on concepts look like a gov of Canada print on the trunk.
Lorenzo How Sad. This wagon had at least another 100K miles left on her. It's like having your body donated to science at age 60 - while you're still alive!

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