Prokhorov hybrid

The numbers of pre-orders for Yo-Avto's trio of yo-mobiles (Yo CrossCoupe, Yo Microvan and Yo Furgon) are climbing. Car Advice reports that on the first day of accepting online reservations, Yo-Avto logged an astounding 51,188 orders and that total pre-orders have topped 138,800. Of course, these ...

Last Monday, Russia's Yo-Avto, the joint venture owned by billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov's Onexim Group and by Yarovit Motors, told Russia Today that the automaker's trio of natural gas hybrid yo-mobiles (Yo CrossCoupe, Yo Microvan and Yo Furgon) are sold out... for ten years! Prokhorov did not ...

Yo-Avto, the joint venture owned by Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov's Onexim Group and by Yarovit Motors, has broken ground on a factory for its hybrid vehicles in St. Petersburg, Russia. The facility is being built in the Maryino Industrial Park area of St. Petersburg and, once ...

Last Friday, Russian prime minister and avid automotive enthusiast Vladimir Putin strapped in behind the wheel of the yo-mobile – the natural gas hybrid vehicle dreamed up by the Richest Man in Russia – and set out on a three-mile test drive. Putin's destination? The home of ...

Back in January, Russia's domestically-built ë-mobile (that's pronounced yo-mobile, yo) – the natural gas hybrid minicar dreamed up by billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov – was wheeled out for its public unveiling in Moscow. Last Friday, Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin buckled ...

Russia's first domestically built ë-mobile (pronounced yo-mobile) – the natural gas hybrid minicar dreamed up by billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov – has been wheeled out for viewing by the general public in Moscow. Until January 11th, visitors will be able to catch a glimpse of three ...

Word of Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov's plans to mass produce the world's cheapest natural gas hybrid minicar ($7,000 to $10,000) leaked out earlier this year. The billionaire's ambitious project calls for the construction of assembly plant in the Russian city of Togliatti starting in ...

Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov has initiated a project, backed by the government, to mass produce the world's cheapest hybrid vehicle. The ambitious plans call for construction of a plant in the Russian city of Togliatti, the release of two prototype models by the end of next month and the ...

Early this year, we learned that Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov had initiated a project, backed by the government, to mass produce the world's cheapest hybrid vehicle. It's an ambitious plan, one that calls for construction of a plant in the Russian city of Togliatti starting in January ...

Remember the news a couple weeks ago that Mikhail Prokhorov was planning on introduction a vehicle that would use "advanced technology"? The Russian news site RT is reporting a few more details on the upcoming vehicle. Actually, make ...