KYIV. June 21 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Instances of the primary registration of electric vehicles (new and used ones) in Ukraine in January-May 2017 increased by 2.8 times year-over-year, to 958 cars, which corresponds to a 2% share in the primary market of passenger cars, the Ukrautoprom Association has said.
The structure of the market in terms of the age of cars has significantly changed: if a year ago the share of new electric cars in primary registration was almost 45%, nowadays it is only 18%.
According to the report, the Nissan Leaf model with 816 cars registered in Ukraine, including 124 new ones, is an absolute leader in the Ukrainian market of electric cars.
The second most popular model was the Ford Focus Electric: 37 cars (three new and 34 used cars) were registered in Ukraine over the period under review. The Tesla Model S and the BMW i3 (24 units each) ranked third. However, the BMW i3 is in the lead among new registered cars: 16 against 7 new Tesla cars.
