KYIV. Nov 29 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Sales of electric cars in Ukraine (new and used ones) grew 3.2-fold in January-October 2017 year-over-year, to 2,225 cars, the Ukrautoprom association has reported.
The association said that the share of used electric cars reached 86% of the primary registration market, while a year ago it was 42%.
Residents of Kyiv city bought the largest number of electric cars (528), Kharkiv region is second with 406 cars and Odesa region is third with 405 cars.
According to the report, the most popular electric car is Nissan Leaf (1,855 cars sold), although most of these cars imported to Ukraine were used.
A total of 79 BMW i3 electric cars were sold, 56 Tesla Model S, 54 Ford Focus and 30 Fiat cars were sold.
According to AUTO-Consulting, the total fleet of electric cars used in Ukraine exceeds 4,000, and only in January-August 2017 it doubled.
“If the pace continues, by the end of 2018 the electric car fleet could again double, exceeding 8,000 cars,” the analysts said.
