Transport

Specialists from Avtostat Info calculated that in the first seven months of this year, residents of the Russian Federation purchased 208,482 cars with logos of Korean brands. 

The Orion drone is in the final stages of testing. 

The first tranche of funds from the federal budget for the construction of the atomic icebreaker "Leader" in the amount of 16.9 billion rubles is planned to be allocated in 2020.  The estimated cost of the vessel is 127.577 billion rubles.

The opening ceremony of the railroad which led to the national standard was held in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. Acting Governor of the region Valery Limarenko said that this procedure is cost-effective.

A helicopter of the Center for Emergency Medical Aid and the Moscow Aviation Center takes over on duty at the Z.A. Children's Hospital  Bashlyaeva in Tushino on September 1.

The Ministry of Transport, Rosavtodor and the state-owned Avtodor company are discussing the construction of a new free high-speed highway that will connect Krasnodar with the Crimean bridge. 

For the first time in Russia, Hyundai plans to launch the unique Hyundai Mobility online platform, which will provide customers with the opportunity to subscribe to the Korean brand models using the mobile application.

Kamov JSC (part of the Russian Helicopters holding) managed to find a solution to increase the speed of a combat helicopter to 600 km / h.

It is planned to completely ban advertising on public transport in 2020 in St. Petersburg, the head of the city’s transport committee, Alexander Golovin, told reporters.

On the streets of St. Petersburg there will be new pulse traffic lights that operate from solar panels. This was reported on the official website of Smolny.

The company Zotye told what new products await the Russians in the near future.  As the Chinese Cars portal was able to find out, the brand’s plans for our country have changed again. 

The new Haval F7 crossover immediately won the sympathy of Russian motorists.  It got to the point that brand dealers began to experience a shortage of commercial vehicles.