Electric cars market in Ukraine almost doubles in 11 months

Initial registration of electric vehicles (new and used) in Ukraine in January-November 2018 almost doubled compared to the same period of 2017, to 4,812 units, the Ukrautoprom association has reported.

At the same time, the share of imported used cars, as in the previous year, was 84%.

As reported, in the first half of this year, the growth in the electric vehicle market was 50 percent compared to the same period last year, and in January-October already 89 percent (the share of used cars on it is 85 percent).

According to the association, 598 electric vehicles passed primary registration in Ukraine in November, which is 2.4 times more than in the same month of 2017, but 80% of them were imported cars with mileage.

The most popular electric car in the Ukrainian market (344 units) remains Nissan Leaf, BMW i3 cars rank second with the registration of 41 cars, and Tesla Model S ranked third with 34 cars.

Renault Zoe ranked fourth position with 28 vehicles, while the fifth position belonged to Fiat 500e, which was chosen by 24 customers.