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+ GAZ Group Automobile Plant |
- Legendary enterprise - has been operating since January 01, 1932.
- Truck market share - about 70%
- Represented in more than 25 countries
- 220 sales centers and 1,900 stores
- More than 25,000 employees
History
2025
Adoption of 630 industrial robots and automation of car production by 85%
In 2025, eight new robotic complexes were commissioned at the Gorky Automobile Plant (GAZ), including 55 industrial robots. The total number of robots in the enterprise reached 630 units, and the level of automation in the modernized areas exceeded 85%.
According to the press service of the enterprise, the new automated complexes are located at several production sites of the plant. In particular, an automatic line was launched for the all-metal wagons Gazelle Next and Gazelle NN at the welding site of spars - the main power elements. It is equipped with seven welding robots, which allowed to increase the performance of the site from 9 to 12 sets of spars per hour.
Six additional welding robots are installed on the welding section of the side panels of the Sable NN car body. The upgrade has resulted in more than a twofold increase in productivity with a constant number of maintenance personnel.
The side welding section for single-row and two-row cabins of Gazelle Next, Gazelle NN and Lawn Next cars has been automated. Its performance increased from 12 to 20 sidewalls per hour. Five new complexes with 20 robots have also been introduced in production units producing auto components.
As Izvestia reported, in early December 2025, the Gorky Automobile Plant announced the completion of the transfer of the entire line of gasoline and bituminous (gas-gasoline) modifications of the Gazelle Business, Sobol Business and Gazelle Next cars to a reinforced 5-speed gearbox. The new transmission is designed for maximum input torque up to 330 Nm and replaced the previous five-speed KP 250 box with a limit torque of 250 Nm.[1]
Introduction of transport robots into production, which transport a ton of cargo in workshops
The Gorky Automobile Plant has introduced transport robots into production that transport components through workshops. Unmanned tractors can move trailers with a weight of up to 1100 kg. The robots are developed by the factory engineering center and are produced at the site of the enterprise itself. This became known in early December 2025.
In the workshops of the Gorky Automobile Plant, 52 routes were created for the transportation of components by cargo robots. Robotization of the logistics network significantly offloads employees, reduces the complexity of operations and increases production efficiency. In this way, the component types 653 are delivered to the conveyors. Dozens of transport robots run through the shops every day.
The transport robot is a compact electric slide without a cabin, which is oriented in space by magnetic tapes and radiometers in the floor. Lidars make sure that there are no obstacles in the way. Machines exchange data between themselves via Wi-Fi, coordinating the sequence of movement and preventing congestion.
Robots take trolleys with parts in tow and deliver them to assembly lines along given routes. The load capacity allows you to transport trailers with an impressive weight of cargo. When driving along routes, robots collect data on their own effectiveness. On their basis, experts reconfigure logistics for current tasks.
Andrey Sofonov, Managing Director of the Gorky Automobile Plant, noted that the company continues to introduce innovative technologies, successfully combining them with the principles and approaches of the GAZ production system. By introducing transport robots, the plant not only facilitates the work of employees, but also creates a mobile, flexible and secure logistics system that can be adapted and scaled to any task.[2]
2023: Seizure of Volkswagen assets in Russia in GAZ lawsuit
The Arbitration Court of the Nizhny Novgorod Region decided to arrest all Volkswagen property in Russia as part of the claim of the automaker GAZ to recover 15.6 billion rubles. This was reported on March 20, 2023 by RBC with reference to a document in the file of arbitration cases. Read more here.
2022: Stop assembling Volkswagen and Skoda cars due to sanctions
At the end of May 2022, it became known that it was impossible to produce Volkswagen and Skoda cars by the Russian automaker GAZ due to US sanctions imposed against the group. It will also not be able to receive foreign components, the most sensitive of which are engines.
The GAZ group, owned by the businessman, Oleg Deripaska fell under US sanctions back in 2018. Since then, delays have been in place for the sanctions to come into force. At the end of January Ministry of Finance USA , he reduced the term of licenses for GAZ, postponing sanctions from one year to 90 days. Then the license was extended until April 26, 2022, after which it was issued for another month. The last document expired on May 25 at 7:01 Moscow time.
In Nizhny Novgorod, Volkswagen Taos, Skoda Kodiaq and Karoq, as well as Octavia, were produced in Kaluga - Volkswagen Tiguan, Polo and Skoda Rapid.
By May 26, 2022, Volkswagen did not announce plans to leave the market, however, according to Kommersant's interlocutors, the company will not be able to keep factories idle and maintain a staff for a long time.
The GAZ group noted that they will act on the basis of subsequent decisions of Volkswagen. The company noted that the social security of employees is a priority. In addition, the company noted the presence of its own analogues to continue the release of at least part of the lineup.
Partner of Avtostat Igor Morzharetto notes that GAZ will lose revenues from contract assembly. For Volkswagen, the site in Kaluga is much more important, since investments in it were much higher, he says, although the prospects for continuing to work there are still uncertain.
Earlier, Oleg Deripaska said that if sanctions were imposed on GAZ, the company would most likely be forced to abandon its tens of thousands of people.[3]
2020: Participation in the preparation of a plan for the development of legislation for unmanned vehicles
and Sberbank Yandex"" together with GAZ Group and PJSC KAMAZ"" prepared a plan for improving the regulatory framework in the development of automated transport means. The plan includes the implementation of about 30 technological and regulatory measures for a phased transition from testing to full operation of highly and fully automated vehicles. This was announced on April 30, 2020 by Sberbank. More. here
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1946: Start of serial production of Pobeda cars
Serial production of Pobeda cars began on June 28, 1946 and continued until May 31, 1958.
"Victory" at that time was a comfortable car. A interior heater was installed on it. For the first time, electric turn indicators appeared on Pobeda, and it was the Pobeda drivers who were the first to stop waving their arms, warning of the maneuver. There was an electric windshield wiper and even such a nice little thing as a cabin lighting ceiling.
1938: The first Soviet racing car - GAZ-GL-1
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