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A record 20.8 thousand electric cars were imported to Ukraine in 5 months of 2024. Despite the power outage, the demand for electric cars has grown 2.1 times over the year.
The number of electric cars is growing from year to year. This year, a record number of 20,785 such cars were imported. This is 2.1 times more than in the same period in 2023, when 9,736 electric cars were imported.
In total, electric cars account for 12.9% of the total number of imported cars.
Among all electric cars, TESLA is the most popular among Ukrainians – 4,742 cars. VOLKSWAGEN is in second place: 3,194 electric cars, and NISSAN closes the top three with 3,034 electric cars. The most popular models among electric trains are the NISSAN LEAF, TESLA MODEL 3 and VOLKSWAGEN ID.4.
Lviv region became the leader among the regions in the import of electric cars – 13.5%, followed by Kyiv (13.1%) and Odesa region (9.3%).
American Tesla recalls up to 2.2 million electric cars, including the Cybertruck pickup trucks released this year, due to incorrect font size of warning messages on the dashboard, according to a report on the website of the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA).
The font of the messages is too small, which can make it difficult to read critical information and thus increase the likelihood of an accident, the document said.
The recall is being conducted through a free remote software update and affects some of the 2012-2023 Model S, Model X (2016-2024), Model 3 (2017-2023), Model Y (2019-2024) and Cybertruck (2024) vehicles.
Tesla delivered 1.8 million electric vehicles worldwide in 2023.
Shares of the automaker are down 0.8% in pre-market trading on Friday.
Initial registrations of electric cars in Ukraine in January-June tripled compared to the same period of 2022 – up to 12.6 thousand units, including 2.8 thousand were new cars, 9.8 thousand – used , reported “Ukravtoprom” in Telegram channel.
At the same time, the share of new cars increased to 22% from 18% in January-June-2022.
As reported, in January-June 2022, 4.145 thousand electric cars were registered – 14% more than in the first half of 2021.
According to the association, the top 5 new electric cars of the first half of this year were formed by Volkswagen ID.4 (899 units), DongFeng/Honda M-NV (497), Volkswagen ID.6 (168), Honda e (146) and BMW iX – 87.
In the used segment, the Nissan Leaf (1,921 units) leads steadily and by a wide margin. Next are Volkswagen e-Golf (940), Tesla Model 3 (908), Volkswagen ID.4 (724) and Tesla Model Y – 637.
Earlier “Ukravtoprom” also reported in the Telegram channel that in the market of new passenger cars in Ukraine in January-June the share of electric cars increased by 4 p.p. – to 10%, the share of hybrids increased to 18% (by 5 p.p.), while the share of cars with gasoline engines decreased from 57% to 49%, diesel cars – to 22% (by 1 p.p.),
“The growing demand for hybrids and battery-powered cars is rapidly changing the structure of the market,” Ukravtoprom noted.
As reported, Ukrainians in 2022 bought 13.6 thousand electric cars – 1.5 times more than a year earlier, while the share of new ones increased to 17% from 14%.
Primary registrations of electric cars in Ukraine in May increased by almost 15% compared to April this year – up to 2,451, while demand for new ones increased by 23% – to 559, and for used ones – by 13% – to 1,892, Ukravtoprom reports in Telegram channel.
Thus, the share of new cars in the total registrations of electric cars last month rose to 23% compared to 21% in April.
Earlier it was reported that in April 2023 there was a decline in demand for new electric cars by 14% compared to March, while demand for used cars increased by 21%.
The top five new electric cars in May formed Volkswagen ID.4 (168 vs. 129 in April), DongFeng/Honda M-NV (107 vs. 53), Volkswagen ID.6 (23 vs. 36), Honda e (23 as in April) and BMW iX – 18.
In the used segment, the Nissan Leaf consistently leads (388 vs. 366 in April). Next are Volkswagen e-Golf (259 vs. 145), Tesla Model 3 (144 vs. 156), Renault Zoe (123 vs. 113 units) and Tesla Model Y – 119.
According to the Association, a total of about 9.5 thousand vehicles were first registered in Ukraine in January-May 2023, of which 24% are new and 76% used.
As reported, Ukrainians in 2022 bought 13.6 thousand electric cars – 1.5 times more than a year earlier, with the share of new cars rose to 17% from 14%.
Sales of new electric cars in February this year have tripled compared to the same month in 2022 – up to 413 units, which is also 40% more than in January this year, reports Ukravtoprom in Telegram channel.
According to the association on Monday, the best-seller in the new electric car market remains the Volkswagen ID.4 – 134 units.
Dong Feng (Honda) M-NV is second with 86 units, and Volkswagen ID.6 is third with 33 cars registered.
The fourth most popular model is compact Honda E (27 units), and the third one is Mercedes-Benz EQC (16 units).
According to Ukravtoprom, a total of 708 new electric cars were sold in Ukraine in January-February 2023, which is 2.6 times more than during the same period in 2022.
As earlier reported, according to Ukravtoprom, in 2022, the share of new electric cars in their total sales in Ukraine (13.6 thousand units) rose to 17% from 14% a year earlier (i.e. to more than 2.3 thousand units – IF).
Primary registrations of electric vehicles in Ukraine (new and used) in April 2021 grew by 6% compared to March of this year, to 699 units, while in April last year, due to the nationwide strict quarantine, only 38 electric cars were registered, according to the Ukrautoprom association. According to a posting on its website on Tuesday, the share of new electric cars of total registrations accounted for 9% (64 units).
The bulk of the electric vehicles registered in April were passenger cars – 666 units, including 62 new and 604 used.
The most popular electric car was Nissan Leaf with 198 registrations, the second result was for TESLA Model 3 (77 registrations), the third for the Chevrolet Bolt (67 cars).
The fourth most popular electric car was TESLA Model S with 38 registrations, and the top five of the April market for electric cars is closed by Audi E-Tron with 37 registered cars.
According to the association, out of 33 commercial electric vehicles registered in April, 29 units were Renault Kangoo Z.E.
Taking into account the April data, in January-April of this year, 2,400 electric vehicles were registered for the first time in Ukraine, which is 37% more than in the same period in 2020. The share of used vehicles was 90%.
At the same time, registrations of used vehicles grew by 36%, to 2,161 units, new ones – by 46%, to 232 units.
