At the beginning of 2010, the Yarovit Motors holding and the ONEXIM group announced the start of work on a joint project for a Russian hybrid vehicle called Yo-mobile. Its design uses a completely new concept and business model, innovative design solutions and technologies, modern marketing solutions and operational infrastructure. According to the promises of the developers, the first such vehicles should appear on the roads of Russia in December 2012.
Back in December 2011, the creators confidently stated that Russians will be able to purchase this wonderful car in a year. Many domestic motorists were interested in the declared characteristics, equipment and especially the cost of the Yo-mobile. It is especially attractive - from 350 to 450 thousand rubles. In addition, the developers said that, together with banks, special preferential lending programs will be developed for potential buyers of the car.
It is assumed that the Yo-mobile will be produced in three trim levels: cross-coupe, micro-van and van. At the same time, several innovative solutions will be used in each model: a dual-fuel system (gas and gasoline), four-wheel drive, ABS, a rotary vane engine, an electric transmission with combined power from a generator and from a capacitive energy storage, a body made of composite materials, etc. According to the developers' promises, the car will be able to reach speeds of up to 130 km / h.
The filing of applications for the new car began in 2011, but in August 2012, ONEXIM and Yarovit Motors announced that the date of its release was shifted and now the Yo-mobile will be released no earlier than the end of 2014 - early 2015. According to the newspaper "RBK daily", which refers to its own sources in the company, the creators are experiencing difficulties with the design of the body, since the foreign company, working on a contract, did not meet the deadline. The body had to be finalized on its own and the developers successfully coped with the task, but the release date of the car had to be postponed.
Andrey Biryukov, co-investor of the project and concurrently general director of the Yo-auto company, even decided to leave his post due to the failure of the target date. However, there is no absolute certainty that such a samurai act will help the company meet its new deadlines.