Haval may launch engine production near Tula in early 2024

The Chinese automaker Haval (part of the Great Wall Motor concern) plans to launch engine production in the Tula region in early 2024, said Andrey Akifiev, executive director of Haval Motor Rus.

“[Старт производства двигателей на заводе] – beginning of next year,” – leads his words TASS. Akifiev added at the press conference that construction of the plant is almost complete.

In November 2020, the company announced that it was starting construction of an engine production plant. The enterprise will be located on the territory of the already operating Haval plant in the Uzlovaya industrial park. Its area will occupy more than 10,000 square meters. m, and the capacity will be 80,000 units per year. At the first stage it was planned to build an assembly shop. The volume of investment in the project was estimated at 4 billion rubles. The company emphasized that the plant will provide engines for more than 90% of the brand’s Russian cars.

Initially, plans were reported to put the plant into operation by the end of 2022. Later, the company clarifiedthat the construction of the enterprise is expected to be completed by the end of 2023.

In September 2020, Haval signed a special investment contract (SPIC) with the Ministry of Industry and Trade, under which the Chinese company is obliged to invest more than 42 billion rubles. to localize the production of cars and key components.

Ministry of Industry and Trade turned on Haval cars are included in the list of brands that will be a priority for use by state and municipal employees for official purposes. We are talking about models Jolion, Dargo, F7/F7x, H9.