Is Rusov waiting for a leap back to the past? If the car, then only Ladu, they have no parts for technology and airbags! – Topky.sk

The Politico portal writes about the loss of potential from the point of view of modern technologies in Russian motoring after the invasion of Ukraine and sanctions. According to foreign reporters, the car market in Russia is in critical condition after being hit by sanctions and the withdrawal of international companies from the local market. Photo gallery (4) Illustrative shots
Source: TASR – Lukáš Grinaj They have to go back to outdated technology, confirmed the head of a well-known magazine made in the dying times of the Soviet Union than anything sold today in Europe, for example. “The market is in a state of uncertainty about how this work will continue at all,” said Evgeny Eskov, who heads the Russian AutoBusiness Review magazine. “The factory may still operate, but it will produce models from the past,” he said sadly. The question now remains what the “model from the past” means. For many of these words, images from the past, when standard models of Lada Riva cars and the like were made like on a belt, will probably come to mind. Photo gallery (4) Source: TASR – Tibor Babjak Today, however, the time is also at a slightly different level from a security point of view, and many people do not even realize how the latest technology in current cars has changed and often protected us. Let us take only those airbags, which will probably be a threat in Russia even these days. They will probably have to say goodbye to the airbag or ABS system. This means that there will be such frequently used functions as ABS, drivers, emergency communication systems and even the mentioned airbags. It will also have no oxygen sensors in the exhaust system, reducing emissions from Euro 5 to Euro 2. The engine control unit and its firmware will be simplified and Renault suppliers will be replaced by Russian companies, Russian car magazine Avtostat reported. In order for the Russian government to allow the sale of such some primitive vehicles, it will have to relax its technical standards. Sanctions have also affected production in industrial halls The fact that some sanctions and the departure of companies actually work already in practice proves concrete actions. For example, AvtoVAZ has been forced to reduce the working hours of its employees going on holiday from 4 to 24 April and to suspend production of several models, while looking for key products in the world, such as semiconductors, which modern cars need but are not accessible. mainly due to the sanctions applied. “Work is underway to replace some important imported components with alternatives,” AvtoVAZ said in a statement, adding that it was also developing special models less dependent on foreign-made parts, which would gradually go on sale in Russia “in the coming period.” First a global chip crisis and now … sanctions As far as semiconductors are concerned, not only Russia has a problem here, but it has long been a global shortcoming. What’s worse, for Lada, it will now be even more complicated for sanctions. “[AvtoVAZ] are trying to locate more production, but they are already at 80 percent [miestne časti]”Ian Fletcher, market analyst at S&P Global Mobility, said.” It’s not necessarily a big component, it can be something very small, the biggest problem with building a car is that there are a lot of electronic components, “he explains. ) Source: Getty Images China as a last resort China and the importation of parts from Russia now seem to be the only hope for Russia, with analysts in favor. The system, known as “parallel imports”, could therefore offer AvtoVAZ a way to source parts from third countries. Is Rusov waiting for a leap back to the past? If the car, then only Ladu, they have no parts for technology and airbags!