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The electric-powered car assembled in Armenia by National instruments and Armenian engineers was displayed today at the 13th Annual DigiTec Expo-2017 exhibition.

The car on display was unveiled at “Engineering city” pavilion that also featured different engineering and manufacturing devices to support the vehicle operation, including radars, cameras, laser scans, etc.

National Instruments representative Ruben Simonyan told Panorama.am Armenian carmakers have been inspired by the design of the modern-day electric vehicles since the 70s.

“Auto making is not new in Armenia with a first electro mobile manufactured the country in 1975,” Simonyan said, adding the machinery traditions have persisted to these days.

In the representative’s words, the company develops in two main directions - electric auto making and engineering solutions. 

“As in all over the world, we are trying to develop those two directions in Armenia as well,” Simonyan said, adding “Engineering City” pavilion cooperates with a range of organizations with international reputation. He informed that Audi is one those companies that uses the company’s products.

In his words, despite the vast volumes of the orders they are more focused on developing the sector in Armenia.  Simonyan is hopeful some they a full electric vehicle will be manufactured in Armenia. “We have both the knowledge and potential,” he stressed.

To note, an Engineering city is an ambitious project implying a construction of an engineering campus in Yerevan’s Jrvezh neighborhood where Armenian and foreign companies will have opportunity to develop and market their technological products and services.