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Publish date: March 29, 2005
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Georgy Merzoev, a leader of the project, says that the cars mockup will be ready in autumn this year, and a pilot car will be produced in 2006. LADA ANTEL 4 will work on generator with capacity of 60 kW, which is being produced now, Novye delovye vesti reported.
Merzoev also said that AVTOVAZ continues its work on the model LADA ANTEL 3. This model will be equipped with engine for processing hydrogen out of petrol. Of course, it is easier to reprocess hydrocarbon fuel to hydrogen at the stationary facilities. But it is impossible to make a net of hydrogen fuel stations very quickly in such a large country like Russia. That is why automobilists will have to carry such a facility with them, – Merzoev explained.
An accident aboard numerous Volgoneft oil tankers in the Kerch in mid December clearly show what can happen to aged ships when they are operated in bad weather—and when economic and military objectives are prioritized over the lives of crews and environmental safety.
In this news digest, we monitor events that impact the environment in the Russian Arctic. Our focus lies in identifying the factors that contribute to pollution and climate change.
A survey of events in the field of nuclear and radiation safety relating to Russia and Ukraine.
A visit last week by Vladimir Putin and a Kremlin entourage to Astana, Kazakhstan sought in part to put Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear corporation, on good footing with local officials.