Yandex & EVM Unveil UMO 8: A Huge Hybrid SUV That’s Just a Rebadged Chinese GAC S7
Behold the pinnacle of domestic innovation! Yandex and EVM have 'designed' another masterpiece of engineering, the UMO 8 hybrid crossover. If by engineering you mean taking a Chinese car, slapping a Russian badge on it, and calling it a day.
EVM and the contract assembler at the Moskvich factory rolled out the UMO 8 under the Yandex Electro banner. The vehicle is a massive all-wheel-drive crossover built on the platform of the Chinese GAC Trumpchi S7, though official materials politely call it "adapted for local conditions."
Under the hood, the sequential hybrid setup pairs a 156-horsepower petrol engine with two electric motors to churn out a combined 340 horsepower. In a stroke of tax-evading genius, the official registration document lists only the average electric power of 122 horses, keeping the annual tax bill pleasantly microscopic. It hits 100 km/h in 6.7 seconds and promises a range of 867 kilometers on a single run.
The interior features the classic suite of Yandex services, overseen by the Alice voice assistant. Drivers can command Alice to trigger seat massages, cool down the cabin, or pop the trunk, which expands to a cavernous 2050 liters. This model joins the smaller UMO 5—which is a rebadged GAC Aion Y Plus—and the recently spotted compact UMO 3, which is actually a GAC Aion UT in disguise.
The domestic automotive revolution apparently consists of translating Chinese user manuals into Russian and integrating a voice assistant. As long as the import channels stay open, the local market will continue to witness these astonishing feats of national engineering.
Source: CarNewsChina
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