Green Crab (car sharing)

History

2023

"RusHydro" complained about the quality of Russian electric vehicles

On October 10, 2023, speaking at a round table on the prospects for electric transport in the Federation Council, the general director of the EZS RusHydro"" Dmitry Belyaev criticized the domestic Evolute electric vehicles. The latter are in the fleet of car-sharing service Green Crab developed by RusHydro. More. here

RusHydro bought a stake in Green Crab from the ex-owner of Sollers

In early July 2023, it became known that the former owner of the carmaker Sollers"" Vadim Shvetsov left the Green Crab car sharing in. Vladivostok The sole owner of this service was the Russian electric power holding "."RusHydro

As part of the Green Crab service, users can rent short-term electric vehicles. The service fleet by July 2023 has about 110 cars: these are the JAC iev7s and Evolve I-JOY crossovers, as well as the Evolve I-Pro sedan. You can charge batteries for free at 19 points in Vladivostok. Per-minute, hourly and daily rental options are available.

According to the Kommersant newspaper, referring to the data of the Unified State Register of Legal Entities, Vadim Shvetsov's Serenity Invest LLC left the list of participants in RusHydro Car Sharing LLC. Now this company is 100% owned by RusHydro through JSC Hydroinvest. Until May 2023, the company bore the name "RusGidrovais" - under it at the end of 2021 a joint venture "Sollers Group" was created (renamed "Serenity Invest") and a subsidiary of "RusHydro" - JSC "Hydroinvest." The Green Crab project started in 2022, and at the same time Shvetsov left the automotive business, selling a controlling stake in Sollers Auto (76.7%) to Alter Invest.

It was assumed that as part of the Green Crab service, Sollers would connect telematics, and RusHydro would develop a network of charging stations. After Shvetsov leaves the RusHydro project, he will continue to support him on his own. Kommersant clarifies that consolidation will not affect plans for the construction of charging points. The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

RusHydro has a large network of electric charging stations on Sakhalin, by the end of the summer of 2023 the company plans to begin providing electric sharing services in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk in test mode, the company said.[1]

2022: Purchase of 95 Russian Evolute electric vehicles for 300 million rubles

In mid-December 2022, it became known about the purchase of 95 Evolute i-PRO and i-JOY electric cars for car sharing in Vladivostok under the Green Crab brand. The cost of transport amounted to 298 million rubles. Read more here.

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