Sergei Sobyanin: storage battery manufacturing to start soon in Moscow
Two storage battery manufacturing plants are currently under construction in Technopolis Moscow in Krasnaya Pakhra, Troitsky Administrative District. Russia’s largest cluster producing battery energy storage systems is going to cover over 34 hectares and is designed to supply nearly 70 per cent of the country’s demand for these modern devices by 2030. The site was visited by Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, Alexander Kurenkov, Minister of the Russian Federation for Civil Defense, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters, and Alexey Likhachev, Rosatom Director General.
“We are fulfilling the instruction of President Vladimir Putin regarding our country’s technological sovereignty. Here, in Krasnaya Pakhra, we are constructing two gigafactories. This is a huge production facility for storage batteries which are expected to cover about two-thirds of the Russian market needs, from the tiniest storage batteries to big traction batteries for cars, buses, electric boats, and so on. Russia has never seen anything like this constructed or launched before. We mainly use equipment made in Russia, with all the components to be localized eventually. The process will involve dozens of enterprises all over the country. This is such a good impulse, a leap forward, a breakthrough in this regard,” Sergei Sobyanin said.
Today, traction batteries make up about 35 per cent of an electric vehicle’s cost. Locating the production of these devices in TiNAO will reduce costs and make eco-friendly vehicles more attractive economically.
“Li-ion battery production will expand domestic electric vehicle manufacturing and benefit the environmental sustainability in Moscow, while also promoting the development of new technologies in related fields,” the Moscow Mayor wrote on his MAX channel.
Source: Sergei Sobyanin’s Max channel
Expanding the production of Li-ion batteries will ramp up the export capacity of the Russian economy and promote innovation in microtechnology, chemical industry, high-tech materials manufacture, electronics, communication systems, transport and space technology.
After the two plants reach their full capacity, they will be able to produce up to 33 million battery cells a year. The total production footprint will be around 200,000 square meters. It will offer over 2,100 high-tech jobs, primarily for residents of the Troitsky and Novomoskovsky administrative districts More than 105 billion RUB will be invested in the projects.
With this being the first plant of this kind in Russia, project specific construction standards and fire safety regulations are being developed from scratch, Sergei Sobyanin said.
In turn, Alexander Kurenkov, Minister of the Russian Federation for Civil Defense, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters, added that All-Russian Research Institute for Civil Defense of the EMERCOM of Russia has been tasked with developing standards for such enterprises. The work is underway.
Renera traction battery plant
In September 2023, Mosgortrans and Renera (Rosatom’s fuel division, energy storage business line) signed an offset contract for the construction of a plant to manufacture cells, modules, packs, and stationary systems based on Li-ion cells.
Under the contract, Moscow agrees to buy the traction batteries for e-buses, Moskvich cars, and electric river boats for six years. The city has also undertaken to construct production buildings. In response, Rosatom State Corporation will provide the plant with modern equipment, ensure its launch and the entire further production process.
The plant is poised to become Russia’s largest gigafactory producing Li-ion cells, modules, traction batteries, and stationary energy storage systems.
The Moscow Government has provided 20.3 hectares of land in Krasnaya Pakhra (Troitsky Administrative District) for the construction, of which 133,700 square meters will be covered by the production facilities. The plant is expected to offer 1,300 jobs.
“Rosatom has been and will be investing its best practices and technologies in this production. It is closed-loop manufacturing, from lithium and lithium ore mining to storage device recycling. We are considering the entire production chain and, naturally, looking ahead and planning further scaling and development. The first stage and its demand are secured here by the Moscow Government. However, we are generally willing to go beyond motor vehicles to cover water and public transport, industrial storage devices, unmanned systems, and to supply energy sources from here,” said Alexey Likhachev, Rosatom Director General.
The new plant will have the capacity to produce 18 million battery cells (50,000 batteries) per year for electric vehicles (taxis, carsharing, personal transport), e-buses, trams (battery-assisted drive), electric river boats, and personal mobility devices (e-bikes, e-scooters, e-mopeds, and others).
According to experts, by using the latest technology, the basic battery capacity for electric buses will increase by 30 per cent, while the estimated battery-assisted operational range will increase by 50 kilometers to 180 kilometers. Moskvich e-car battery capacity will be 26 per cent higher, with the range extended by more than 105 km, making up 515 km. Although the battery capacities will grow, they will not become any heavier; actually, they can be even more lightweight and charge 10–15 per cent faster.
Looking forward, the plant’s products are to be used to manufacture uninterruptible power supply units, electric charging stations, emergency power supply systems for industrial, social, and strategic facilities, as well as for storing energy from renewable sources (wind turbines, solar batteries). In the future, some metro lines are also expected to be switched to batteries by partially removing the catenary rail from the tunnels and keeping charging only at the stations during passenger boarding and disembarkation.
The plant will be one of the most modern and environmentally friendly in the world concerning the level of equipment and automation. The new full-cycle plant will feature over 1,400 units of high-tech equipment for every manufacturing stage: from preparation of cathode and anode mixture, electrolyte and application of materials on electrode tape to formation of module from cells and battery assembly. The automation level will reach 90 per cent, and the total length of process lines will be 2.5 kilometers.
The operation of the facility will be fully compliant with the highest standards of environmental stewardship. Zero waste manufacturing and automated high-tech equipment employed will minimize air emissions.
The stage is now about 85 per cent complete and scheduled to be launched this September. Over the next five years, the plant is expected to fully manufacture battery cell components. So in 2026, the localization share will be 17 per cent, with 33 per cent scheduled for 2028, reaching 100 per cent by 2030.
There are also plans in place to start up a high-tech R&D center at the Krasnaya Pakhra plant to produce cutting-edge batteries. It is expected to attract young specialists — students and graduates of major universities (Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Lomonosov Moscow State University, and others) for scientific and applied research.
Inesys Li-ion battery plant
For the second enterprise, Inesys LLC, a Li-ion battery manufacturer, Moscow has provided 14 hectares of land in Krasnaya Pakhra as a construction site and undertaken to build the facility. The production facilities will cover 62,000 square meters, offering over 840 jobs.
The new plant will have the capacity to produce about 15 million cells per year for personal mobility devices (e-bikes, e-scooters, e-mopeds, etc.), special equipment, stationary and mobile energy storage systems, robotic complexes, and other devices (gadgets).
The plant is going to manufacture six battery cell types, of pouch and prismatic shapes. In addition, it is designed to simultaneously produce LFP (LiFePO4, or Lithium Iron Phosphate), NMC (Nickel Manganese Cobalt) and, prospectively, Sodium-ion cells.
The automation level will reach nearly 100 per cent, and the total length of process lines will be over 2 kilometers. The stage is right now about 32 per cent complete; the production is scheduled to be launched this December.
Technopolis Moscow
The Technopolis Moscow SEZ is an area enjoying a special legal status that offers preferential business environment to investors. Established in 2006, it began to grow intensively after the project was transferred under the charge of the Moscow Government in 2016. Over the past 10 years, Technopolis Moscow has become the largest in Russia in terms of both investment amount and the area covered by its operating enterprises.
Its residents are granted 10 years exemptions from property, transport and land taxes, as well as from customs duties after receiving the resident status. They enjoy the income tax rate of 2 per cent, in addition to free customs zone arrangements and preferential land lease.
Today Technopolis Moscow is home to over 240 high-tech enterprises, with 128 of them enjoying the resident status. Over 30,000 new jobs have been created there. It also includes pharmaceutical, e-vehicle manufacturing, elevator manufacturing, photonics and microelectronics, and unmanned aerial systems clusters.
Ten high-tech SEZ enterprises cover more than 390 hectares. The area includes industrial and social and business facilities, with their footprint totaling over 2.1 million square meters. By 2030, it is to grow almost threefold to reach 5.7 million square meters.
Electric Vehicle Manufacturing Cluster
Moscow has been facing increasing numbers of electric vehicles on the streets, year after year. For example, there were 40,400 e-cars in the city in 2025.
The Mosgortrans fleet currently includes more than 2,800 e-buses, making Moscow the leader among European and U.S. cities in this regard. These green vehicles run along 270 routes and carry over a million passengers daily.
Moscow has also been gaining more and more micromobility electric devices as Moscow residents are using more of both personal and rented electric scooters or e-bikes every year.
There are about 10,700 EV charging points on the streets of the city and more than 460 ultra-fast charging stations for electric buses, while electric cars may park in Park&Pay areas free of charge.
In the Technopolis Moscow Special Economic Zone, they have created an EV cluster which is becoming a production hub for electric cars, trucks, utility vehicles, and traction batteries. It is expected to accommodate over 60 companies, including automobile, microelectronics, composite and charger station producers.
One of them is Moskvich, a major vehicle and electric vehicle manufacturer. Moskvich-3e electric car holds a special place in its portfolio. It is equipped with an electric motor (peak power: 193 HPs) and a 65.7 kilowatt-hour battery providing a cruising range of up to 410 kilometers. Owners can choose between slow or fast charging.
The Moskvich plant equipped its production lines to manufacture the Atom e-car in summer 2025, with the first PT (Plant Trial) prototype rolling off the production line in November of the same year. Produced with the same technologies and standards that will be used in serial production, these electric vehicles are needed to test the production process, from time cycle compliance and assembly quality control to ensuring the operations stability and repeatability. The biggest milestone for any vehicle project has been reached, so serial sales will start after test batches are assembled.
Another e-vehicle manufacturer in the cluster is Additive Engineering, a company focusing on the use of additive technology to create components and prototypes. They employ 3D printing techniques such as SLM (selective laser melting), SLS (selective laser sintering), and SLA (stereolithography) to make lightweight and durable parts, including cases, manifolds, brackets, and cooling system components, which are used in prototypes and mass-produced electric vehicles.
The company scales up its capacity for the serial production of metal and polymer components, including radiators, deflector covers, and specialized housings. At the same time, they evolve large-scale 3D printing for the creation of automotive products. The introduction of additive technology has reduced the weight of parts by up to 40 per cent and the production time by up to two-thirds.
Micron, one of the cluster’s member and Russia’s largest microelectronics manufacturer, produces more than 900 product types, including industrial microchips. It mass-produces electronic components used in the automotive industry, including body electronics units, engine control system controllers, and ERA-GLONASS system units (including analog comparators, voltage regulators (LDO), and DC-DC converters).
Another business in the cluster, Nex-T, offers a line of latest-generation touchscreen multimedia head units. Originally, this innovative solution was developed specifically for Russian cars, but will eventually be available to all manufacturers as a component in the production of finished products for key economy sectors.
Moscow is also a leader in developing the charging infrastructure. The Parus Electro technology park management company and the same-name company, a member of the Moscow electric vehicle manufacturing cluster, have developed a line of high-performance charging stations, their capacities ranging from 240 kW to 342 kW. The company also manufactures new-design stations for the Moscow Energy project. These modern 150 kW models offer quick battery charge and blend well with Moscow’s design code.
Rewatt, another resident company, has completed developing a distributed charging hub system, a high-tech modular solution for mass charging of vehicles with virtually no restrictions. The number of connection points depends solely on the power supply available. The system can be custom equipped with a pantograph to charge e-buses and a storage device in case there is not enough power available or for the backup power needs of critical transport infrastructure.