Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia gets acquainted with Russian-made  electric vehicles

ArmInfo. Yesterday, Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia Mher Grigoryan, together with the partners  of the Eurasian Economic Union countries, visited an exhibition of electric vehicles in Moscow, presented within the framework of the "Russia Forum" international exhibition. The press service of the RA government reports.

The source noted that the visit to the exhibition took place as part  of a meeting of the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission.

Meanwhile, as the press service of the Russian government reports,  the guests got acquainted with Russian- made electric vehicles,  including the Evolute i-Jet electric sports car, Moskvich 3e, E-Neva,  Evolute i-Sky and Evolute i-Joy crossovers, Lada E-Largus station  wagon, Gazelle e-NN minibus, EVM PRO electric cargo truck, E-Neva  electric vehicle platform and other projects. Deputy Prime Minister  of the Russian Federation Alexey Overchuk said that at one of the  meetings of the EEC Council, the issue of extending the zero customs  duty on the import of electric vehicles into the territory of the  EAEU was raised. "As a result, a month ago we decided to extend it  for another two years. But at the same time, we decided to show our  partners from the EAEU countries the opportunities that are currently  developing in the field of electric vehicle production in the Russian  Federation. We believe that in the very near future we will be able  to meet the demand for electric vehicles through our own production,"  Alexey Overchuk said.

The meeting participants also visited the "Armenia", "Belarus" and  "Kazakhstan" exhibition pavilions at Exhibition of Achievements of  the National Economy of the EAEU countries.

A few days earlier the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia  extended the quota for duty-free import of electric vehicles into the  country.