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Ukrainian market of electric cars grew by 15% in May

7 June , 2023  

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%.