Russia has seen a boom in demand for electric cars

5 June 2018

The increase of 65% is no joke

In Russia electric cars are not in demand: sales of such vehicles still remain single. However, in the period from January to April 2018 the demand for environmentally friendly transport has jumped to 65 %! USA, Japan, Europe and China can only dream of such dynamics.

However, we can hardly rejoice in this achievement. All about the traditional for the Russian innovative sector of the low base effect. So, if in January–April 2017 has sold 17 cars, and during the same period 2018 — 28, it turns out that most growth in the 65 % (these data results in the analytical Agency "AUTOSTAT").

But the absolute number of sales does not allow us to speak about any prospects for this segment: 28 cars in four months is at 8 per month. The share of electric vehicles is still below the statistical error.

If to speak about the distribution of demand, the most popular electric model was the Nissan Leaf: it was chosen by 15 customers. The remaining 13 machines were made to "Tesla": nine crossover Model X on four of the sedan Model S.

The geography of deliveries of electric cars unchanged. The most popular (so to speak in the aspect of unit sales) they are in Moscow (8 cars), Primorsky Krai (6), Moscow (2) Saint Petersburg (2). In ten Russian regions went to one electric car.