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https://www.yahoo.com/news/move-over-musk-kalashnikov-unveils-electric-supercar-162854131.html

Move over, Musk: Kalashnikov unveils 'electric supercar'



Moscow (AFP) - Russian arms maker Kalashnikov on Thursday presented its new electric car inspired by a rare 1970s model, saying the new technology will rival Elon Musk's Tesla.

The brand, best known for the AK-47 machine gun, presented the decidedly retro-looking pale blue prototype, the CV-1, at a defense expo outside Moscow.

The look was inspired by a Soviet hatchback model developed in the 1970s called "Izh-Kombi," a statement on the Kalashnikov website said.

Holding company Kalashnikov Concern said it has developed some cutting-edge elements for the "electric supercar", including a "revolutionary" inverter. The vehicle can travel 350 kilometres on one charge.

"We are developing our own concept of an electric supercar, which is based on several original systems developed by the concern," the firm said.

And I thought the rifle was ugly

And I thought the rifle was ugly

If it was pretty, they'd cost more!

Hopefully ISIS doesn't start using these.  "Today 8 people were killed in France.  The terrorist used a Kalashnikov."

The real test is if you can drive it over a cliff into a river and through mud bank and it will still run. They have competition.

I think they look pretty sweet. New cars are incredibly boring these days, especially the storm trooper/plastic toy look that seems so popular now. The kalash is borrowing lines from those classic 70's Russian cars that are still out there battling Siberian winters. I'm curious how it would hold up with the salt air though.