Umo 5 hits 1,000 units ahead of September deliveries

EVM says it has assembled 1,000 units of the Umo 5, a Russian electric crossover built at the Moskvich plant, with customer deliveries scheduled to begin in September. Preorders are already open, and the company aims to scale production to 3,000 vehicles by the end of 2026.

According to EVM founder and CEO Ilya Rashkin, the Umo 5 was developed together with Yandex. The car integrates Alice for access to navigation, music, and video, while voice controls also extend to the climate system, power windows, and the trunk.

For Russia’s market, that software tie-in is a central part of the pitch alongside the hardware. The published specs include:

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• C-class crossover
• 204 hp electric motor
• 63.2 kWh battery
• Range of up to 420 km
• Top speed of 160 km/h
• 0–100 km/h in 8.5 seconds
• 14.6-inch infotainment display

The Umo 5 starts at 2.59 million rubles with the electric-vehicle purchase subsidy included. That places it among the relatively small number of officially sold EVs in Russia priced below 3 million rubles.

The source notes that Evolute previously targeted the same segment with local assembly, while the Moskvich 3e showed that a familiar production base alone is not enough if the vehicle ends up expensive for its class. Russia’s EV market remains small, but it is growing: data from Autostat shows sales of new electric vehicles in 2024 exceeded 17,000 units for the first time, although imports accounted for most of that demand.

If EVM reaches its 3,000-unit target, the Umo 5 could claim a meaningful share of the segment in Russia, where subsidies, hybrids, and Chinese brands are likely to shape how much traction it gets.