Ex-Mitsubishi and Peugeot assembly plant in Russia reaches full capacity

The Automotive Technologies company, which builds cars at the PSMA Rus plant in the Kaluga Region, has reached full production speed. This was announced on November 12 by Alexey Volodin, General Director of the company, according to the Autostat agency. Now nine cars per hour are rolling off the assembly line.

Automotive Technologies has been operating on the leased premises of the PSMA Rus plant since 2023. In March 2024, mass production of Citroen C5 Aircross cars from Chinese car kits began there. In February 2025, serial production of the Haval M6 crossover started at the Kaluga Automobile Plant. At the end of July, production of the model began on a full cycle with welding and painting.

Previously, the PSMA Rus plant was engaged in the production of Mitsubishi, Peugeot, Citroen and Opel cars. Earlier this year, Kaluga Region Governor Vladislav Shapsha announced that the company plans to produce 25,000 vehicles this year.

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