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Demand for electric vehicles in Ukraine increased by 35%

8 July , 2024  

In June 2024, registrations of electric vehicles (new and used) in Ukraine increased by 35% compared to the same month in 2023, to about 4.2 thousand units, Ukravtoprom reported on its Telegram channel.
Compared to May of this year, demand for them increased slightly.
In particular, the share of new electric cars in total registrations in June, as in the previous year, amounted to 19%, having increased by 3 percentage points by May 2024.
The bulk of the registered electric cars were passenger cars – 4,079 thousand units (784 new units, 3,295 thousand units used), and only eight of 119 commercial vehicles were new.
The top five new electric cars in May were Honda M-NV – 140 units, Nissan Ariya – 91 units, MG 4 – 71 units, Volkswagen iD.4 – 71 units, BYD Song Plus – 62 units.
The top 5 newly registered used cars include Tesla Model 3 – 419 units, Nissan Leaf – 410 units, Tesla Model Y – 367 units, Volkswagen e-Golf – 208 units, and TESLA Model S – 196 units.
According to the Association, in the first half of the year, more than 24.4 thousand units of vehicles with battery power sources were registered for the first time in Ukraine (almost twice as many as in the same period in 2023), of which 20% were new (22% a year earlier) and 80 were used.
As reported, in 2023, 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.