In 2013, the Russian Institute "We" began to develop cars of the Aurus family for the transport of presidents and other protected persons. At the moment, under this brand, only Senat sedan and limousine were officially issued, but in the future the number of vehicles will increase. For example, recently the Ministry of Industry and Trade has published a video with the first Aurus electric motorcycle. While it is only a prototype, but it really works and some of its technical characteristics are already known. As part of this article, I propose to figure out what features a new motorcycle has and already released a luxury brand car. Well, of course, you are probably wondering how much is the car on which the president and other important people move?
First electric motorcycle in Russia
It is reported that the Aurus electric motorcycle meets all the requirements of the Federal Security Service. It is equipped with an electric engine with a capacity of 190 horsepower and accelerates to 100 kilometers per hour in 3.7 seconds. The appearance of the motorcycle is made in the same style as Senat sedan and the Komendant crossover not released. The developers were very important that transportation was like each other. After all, the motorcycle is planned to be used to accompany the car, in which important faces will go. The supply of the electric motorcycle and its maximum speed is still unknown. Most likely, this information will be disclosed when the final version of the motorcycle is ready. But when it happens - is still unknown.
This electric motorcycle can be considered first in Russia. But overseas companies are developing motorcycles with an electric motor for several years. The most famous of them - Harley Davidson Livewire. It was introduced in 2018, as part of the Italian exhibition EICMA. From one charge, a motorcycle can drive about 225 kilometers. Battery charge up to 100% takes about 1 hour. Acceleration up to 100 kilometers per hour occurs in 3 seconds. The cost of a motorcycle is estimated at 30,000 dollars.
It is worth noting that in 2019, Harley Davidson temporarily stopped production of LiveWire electric motorcycles. The reason was quite serious.
Car president of Russia
From 2018, the Russian President of Russia is mentioned above Aurus Senat. The armored car is equipped with an eight-cylinder engine with a volume of 4.4 liters, which is designed together with Porsche Engineering. Acceleration up to 100 kilometers per hour occurs in 4.7 seconds, and the maximum speed of movement reaches 250 kilometers per hour.
And now the most interesting. The cost of the basic version of the presidential Aurus Senat was initially 18 million rubles. But at the end of February 2021, a new price was named - 22 million rubles. But the cost of the Aurus motorcycle is not yet named. But this is clearly not cheap transport, because we are talking about luxury techniques.
The Aurus Senat serial car will begin to supply the first private customers in the late spring of 2021. But about the timing of the output of the electric motorcycle at the moment nothing is known. As mentioned above, only the prototype was shown on the video, and not the final version. Most likely, the final product will be released after testing the prototype.
In 2021, the production of Aurus Komendant crossover should also begin. At the moment, it is known that this all-wheel drive car will be equipped with an eight-cylinder engine with a capacity of 598 horsepower. Another information, unfortunately, no.
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Presidential planes
On cars, presidents only take on relatively small distances. But if they need to move to another country, they use aircraft. We have a different, very detailed article about the presidential aircraft. I told in it, both about Russian and about American aircraft. In the US, the president's aircraft are referred to as "Air Force One", which can be translated as "Number One". And we have an essential flying remedy called simply the "Russian Presidential Plane". In general, if you want to know more about them, as well as read about the very first presidential plane - go through this link.