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Umo 5 hits 1,000 units as deliveries start in September
EVM says it has built 1,000 Umo 5 electric crossovers and plans to reach 3,000 by the end of 2026, with customer deliveries starting in September.
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EVM says it has assembled 1,000 units of the Umo 5 electric crossover, with the first customer deliveries scheduled for September. The model is built at the Moskvich plant, and preorders are already open.
According to EVM founder and CEO Ilya Rashkin, the company aims to raise output to 3,000 vehicles by the end of 2026. That would require a much faster production pace than the company has managed so far, and demand will matter just as much as factory throughput.
The Umo 5 was developed with Yandex, and its software integration is a central selling point. The cabin includes Alice, Yandex’s voice assistant, with access to navigation, music, and video. Voice commands can also control the climate system, power windows, and the trunk.
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For Russia’s market, that digital layer is a notable part of the pitch, where software and interface quality can matter almost as much as power and range.
Umo 5 specifications and price
Key specs published for the Umo 5:
- Class: C-class
- Motor output: 204 hp
- Battery: 63.2 kWh
- Range: up to 420 km
- Top speed: 160 km/h
- 0–100 km/h: 8.5 seconds
- Multimedia screen: 14.6 inches
Pricing starts at 2.59 million rubles, including the government subsidy for buying an electric vehicle. That places the model among the small number of officially sold EVs in Russia priced below 3 million rubles, still a relatively rare threshold in the market.
The comparison point is clear. Evolute previously targeted the same segment with local assembly, while the Moskvich 3e showed that a familiar production base alone is not enough if the vehicle ends up expensive for its class.
According to Autostat, sales of new electric vehicles in Russia exceeded 17,000 units for the first time in 2024, although imports accounted for most of that demand. If EVM does reach 3,000 Umo 5s a year, the crossover could take a meaningful share of the segment — but that will depend on subsidies and whether cheaper hybrids and Chinese brands pull buyers away.
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