PJSC "Chernihiv Automotive Plant" (Ukrainian: Чернігівський автозавод) is a private (closed) Ukrainian manufacturer of buses located in Chernihiv, owned by parent company Etalon Corporation.

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Chernihiv Automotive Plant

Native name	Чернігівський автозавод
Type	PJSC
Industry	Automotive
Founded	2003 (2003) in Chernihiv, Ukraine
Headquarters	Chernihiv , Ukraine
Products	Buses
Parent	Etalon Corporation
Website	http://chaz-avto.com.ua

History

The plant was founded in 2003 in at the plant of "ChernihivAvtoDetal" (Chernihiv Factory Driveshafts), which in addition to the principal product from the late 1990s was one of the largest collector of cars from Gorky Automobile Plant in Ukraine, part of the Etalon Corporation. Manufacturing driveshafts also been retained by the reorganized company, dubbed LLC "Ukrainian Gimbal". In 2003, with the first came off the assembly line bus BAZ-2215 "Dolphin". With increasing demands on the buses BAZ-A079, part of the production was moved to Chernihiv from Boryspil Bus Factory, also included in the corporation Etalon Corporation. In 2007, they put on the conveyor the new bus ChAZ-A074 with chassis from FAW. In 2008 at the factory started production of buses ChAZ-A08310. Also, in 2011, the plant produced with Belarusian company "Belkommunmash" trolleybus BKM 321, which as of August 24, 2011 runs on Chernihiv trolleybus route number 4.

Products

As of 2021 at the factory produced the following models of buses and trolley buses:

• BAZ-2215 "Dolphin" - small class minibus;
• BAZ-3215 "Dolphin Maxi" - larger bus based on BAZ-2215 (released 2 copies);
• BAZ-A079 (Photo);
• ChAZ-A074 (Photo);
• ChAZ-A08310 - large class tourist bus (Photos);
• BKM/ChAZ-321 - trolleybus made in part with Belkommunmash;
• Etalon T12110 "Barvinok" - trolleybus;
• Etalon A12210 "Astra" - city bus based on Etalon T12110;
• Etalon A08432 "Tulip" - city bus.

Gallery

Minibus BAZ-2215 "Dolphin"	Bus BAZ-A079	Bus BAZ-A081 "Troyanda" produced in Boryspil Bus Factory	Trolleybus BKM/ChAZ-321

External links

• official corporate website of JSC "Chernihiv car"
• On ChAZ released 2,000 bus and put into operation a new plant
• «keyway" in Chernihiv
• Chernigivsky Automobile vipustiv pershi "Voloshky" (in Ukrainian)
• In Chernihiv collected the first trolley bus!

На других языках

[ru] Черниговский автозавод