Russian electric car company seeks partnership with Nigeria, Africa

<p>The company is committed to providing a full range of products and services starting with design and development of new rolling stock.</p>, <span>Some African journalists on a tour of Oktyabrsky Electric Car Plant, a subsidiary of Transmashholding, JSC (TMH), the Russian rail and urban transport manufacturers on Wednesday in St Petersburg, Russia. NAN</span>, <h2>A Russian Electric Car Plant has expressed its readiness to seek relations with Nigeria, Africa in the area of rail transportation.</h2>, <p>The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the plant, Oktyabrsky Electric Car is a subsidiary of Transmashholding, JSC (TMH), the Russian Rail and Urban Transport.</p>, <p>Valentin Yadritsev, CEO of OEVRZ, a subsidiary of TMH and producer of metro trains for St Petersburg metro said this on Wednesday.</p>, <p>He spoke when some journalists from different African countries visited the company on a tour of the plant.</p>, <p>The tour covered key systems and components of train production delivered to St Petersburg metro, parts of Russian cities and some Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) by the company.</p>, <p>Journalists participating in the tour were drawn from Nigeria, Algeria, Egypt and Zimbabwe on the sideline of the Russia-Africa Economic and Humanitarian Form scheduled for Thursday and Friday.</p>, <p>NAN) reports that the tour is aimed at introducing TMH rail and urban transport manufacturing to the African transportation sector.</p>, <p>According to Yadritsev, the company is committed to providing a full range of products and services starting with design and development of new rolling stock to modernisation lifecycle service contracts and digital signalling solutions.</p>, <p>“In the context of advancing the relations between Russia and African countries, TMH seeks to play its role of trustworthy business partner and industrial investor.</p>, <p>“TMH is actively working on new business opportunities in Nigeria and will be proud to apply all its resources and experiences to boost the country’s tr