Domestic electric car "Atom" can get an internal combustion engine

The Kama company, which is developing the Russian Atom electric car, is considering the possibility of creating a hybrid version of the car, as well as a hydrogen-powered model. Philip Dyakov, head of Atom's testing department, told Izvestia about this during a test drive of a pre-production prototype of an electric car.

"We consider the direction of alternative energy sources to be very promising. We are discussing the possibility of creating a hybrid version based on Atom, as well as a hydrogen-powered model. So far, these are just discussions: it's too early to talk about specific plans," Dyakov told Izvestia.

The Atom has an electric motor with a capacity of 150 kW (204 hp), which allows it to accelerate to 100 km/h in eight seconds. The power reserve on a single charge is about 500 km.

It takes 8.5 minutes to charge an electric vehicle for a trip of up to 100 km at a fast electric charging station (120 kW per port). A powerful charge is available up to 80-85%, and the Atom will be able to replenish this amount of energy in half an hour. Among the features of the electric car are swing doors, the absence of central racks and a display built into the steering wheel, as well as a voice assistant with neural networks.

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The start of serial production of Atom is scheduled for the third quarter of 2025. Electric cars will be produced at the Moskvich automobile plant.

On May 13, Atom developers announced that they had conducted the first of three crash test cycles, during which both bodies and assembled pre-production cars with a number of prototype components were tested. Prior to that, Kama showed the first pre-production prototypes of the Atom electric car.