Registrations in Ukraine of electric cars (new and used) in July 2024 amounted to 4.787 thousand, which is 14% more than in June this year and 38% more than last July, Ukravtoprom reported in the Telegram channel.
As reported, in June-2024 demand for electric cars slightly exceeded the figure of May of this year, and by June 2023 increased by 35%.
Market experts attribute a certain revival of demand last month for electric cars to the government’s initiative to introduce a military levy on buyers at the first registration of cars, including electric cars, for which there is no taxation in Ukraine (except for a small excise duty).
According to “Ukravtoprom”, the share of new cars in the registration of electric cars amounted to 21% against 17% in June-2023 and 19% in June this year.
The bulk of electric cars registered during the month were passenger cars – 4.684 thousand units (new – 980 units, used – 3.704 units), and only six out of 103 commercial electric cars were new.
The leading five new electric cars in July were Honda M-NV – 239 units (140 units in June), BYD Song Plus – 127 units (62 units), Nissan Ariya – 118 units (91 units), Volkswagen iD.4 – 88 units (71 units) and Zeekr 001 – 69 units.
The most popular five used vehicles were the Nissan Leaf, 529 units (June-2024, 410 units); Tesla Model 3, 433 units (419 units); Tesla Model Y, 419 units (367 units); Tesla Model S, 217 units (196 units) and Volkswagen e-Golf, 209 units (208 units).
In total, in January-July, more than 29.2 thousand units of battery-powered vehicles passed the first registration in Ukraine (82.5% more than a year earlier), the share of new ones accounted for 20%.
As reported, for 2023, according to “Ukravtoprom”, registrations of electric cars in Ukraine increased 2.8 times – up to 37.6 thousand, the share of new ones accounted for 20% against 17% a year earlier.
Optima Distance College is planning to expand its list of majors to include humanities and eventually establish a university, Optima School director Olga Bilodid told Interfax-Ukraine news agency on Thursday.
“Now there are five of them (specialties), but there is an intention to develop, and the range of specialties will definitely expand,” Bilodid said.
According to her, Optima College graduates receive a junior bachelor’s degree and have the opportunity to enter the college after both the 9th and 11th grade.
Belodid added that the creation of an Optima university is currently on the agenda for the future.
“We are persistently looking in this direction and think that this intention will be realized, but we still need to understand how to implement it in the realities of our country,” said the director of Optima School.
According to the website, Optima Distance College is a project of the largest distance school in Ukraine, Optima. The college offers five specialties: entrepreneurship and trade, psychology, computer science, marketing, and graphic design. The tuition fee is UAH 2 thousand per month, regardless of the specialty.
Export changes in % to previous period up to apr 2024
Source: Open4Business.com.ua
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has appointed Yuriy Sheiko as the first deputy energy minister, Cabinet spokesman Taras Melnychuk said.
“The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine appointed Yuriy Yevgenyevich Sheiko as the first Deputy Minister of Energy of Ukraine,” Melnychuk wrote in his Telegram channel following the government meeting on Friday.
Yuriy Sheiko is the acting First Vice-President – Technical Director, acting member of the Board of the joint-stock company NAEK “Energoatom”.
Ukrainians Liudmyla Luzan and Anastasiia Rybachok won a silver medal in the 500m canoe double sprint at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.
The athletes covered the distance in 1:54.30 minutes.
China took the first place in this event, and Canada came in third.
In January-July this year, Ukrainian mining companies increased exports of iron ore in physical terms by 2.15 times compared to the same period last year, to 20 million 803,661 thousand tons.
According to the statistics released by the State Customs Service on Friday, foreign exchange earnings from iron ore exports increased by 76.7% to $1 billion 831.314 million during this period.
Iron ore was exported mainly to China (36.88% of supplies in monetary terms), Slovakia (16.76%) and Poland (16.33%).
In January-July 2024, Ukraine imported iron ore for $208 thousand in the total volume of 771 tons, while in January-July 2023 it imported iron ore for $81 thousand in the total volume of 118 tons. Imports this year were carried out from the Netherlands (33.97%), Poland (30.62%) and Italy (17.22%).
As reported, in 2023, Ukraine decreased exports of iron ore in physical terms by 26% compared to 2022 – to 17 million 753.165 thousand tons, foreign exchange earnings from iron ore exports amounted to $1 billion 766.906 million (down 39.3%). Iron ore was exported mainly to Slovakia (28.39% of supplies in monetary terms), the Czech Republic (19.74%) and Poland (19.56%).
Last year, Ukraine imported iron ore worth $135 thousand in the total amount of 250 tons. During this period, imports were made from Norway (34.81%), Italy (28.89%) and the Netherlands (28.89%). While in 2022, iron ore was imported for $65 thousand in a total volume of 101 tons.
