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Demand for electric vehicles in Ukraine increased 2.3 times

8 March , 2024  

In February, registrations of electric vehicles (new and used) in Ukraine increased 2.3 times compared to the same month in 2023 – up to 3.924 thousand units, including the share of new ones at 24%, Ukravtoprom reported on its Telegram channel.

The bulk of the electric vehicles registered during the month were passenger cars – 3,881 thousand units (new – 926 units, used – 2,955 units), and only two of the 43 commercial vehicles were new.

The top five new electric cars on the market in February were formed by: Volkswagen iD.4 – 257 units; BYD Song Plus – 104 units; Honda eNS1 – 96 units; Nissan Ariya – 71 units and Honda M-NV -49 units.

The TOP-5 of the first-time registered used cars in January included Nissan Leaf – 416 units; Tesla Model 3 – 380 units; Tesla Model Y – 279 units; Volkswagen e-Golf – 210 units and Hyundai Kona Electric -161 units.

As reported, in January of this year, Ukrainians purchased more than 3.5 thousand electric vehicles, which is 2.8 times more than in January 2023, with the share of new cars amounting to 24%.

In total, 7.5 thousand electric vehicles were registered for the first time in Ukraine in two months, 2.5 times more than a year earlier.

In 2022, according to Ukravtoprom, registrations of electric cars in Ukraine increased 2.8 times to 37.6 thousand, with new cars accounting for 20% compared to 17% a year earlier.

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