The Yo-mobil is a planned hybrid electric car that will be produced by Yo-auto, a Russian company that is a joint venture between SKD truck maker Yarovit and the Onexim investment group.
The car was introduced on 13 December 2010 in Moscow, a product of a joint venture between Yarovit, owner of a small assembly plant in St. Petersburg, Russia and the Onexim investment group, headed by Mikhail Prokhorov, who is the leader and financier of the project.Prokhorov planned to invest around €150 million (US$200 million) in a the venture, dubbed Yo-auto.According to Prokhorov, he intended for the vehicle to "break the stereotype saying Russia can't produce good cars."
The car was introduced on 13 December 2010 in Moscow, a product of a joint venture between Yarovit, owner of a small assembly plant in St. Petersburg, Russia and the Onexim investment group, headed by Mikhail Prokhorov, who is the leader and financier of the project.Prokhorov planned to invest around €150 million (US$200 million) in a the venture, dubbed Yo-auto.According to Prokhorov, he intended for the vehicle to "break the stereotype saying Russia can't produce good cars."
The car will be powered by an engine that can burn both gasoline and natural gas and is connected to a pair of electric motors.Unlike other hybrid cars, such as the Toyota Prius, the internal-combustion engine directly powers the motors rather than a battery.It was planned to install a rotary vane type engine, with the pistons moving in a circle, rather than linearly.However, the inventor of the engine Mikhail Virgiyanov in an open letter to the company refused to continue work on the engine and accused the company of copyright infringement.
Fuel economy of the car is expected to be around 67 mpg-US (3.5 L/100 km; 80 mpg-imp), with a range of 680 miles (1,090 km) and a top speed of 80 mph (130 km/h).However, no tests were conducted due to the lack of working examples. 
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