The Russian market of new electric vehicles in the 1st quarter fell by 20%

According to the analytical agency "AUTOSTAT", in January - March of 2020, 53 Russians became the owners of new electric vehicles in our country. This is lower by 20% than in the 1st quarter of 2019 (66 units). Experts also noted that in March the sales volume of electric cars was the same as a year ago (19 units). At the same time, the main “damage” to the overall dynamics for the 1st quarter was caused by February, when, recall, the electric car market fell immediately by 42%.

Among the electric cars purchased in January - March of 2020, one in three belonged to the Jaguar brand, represented by the I-Pace model (18 units). Nissan Leaf is the second one (15 units), followed by Tesla X (8 units) and Tesla Model 3 (7 units). In addition, two electric cars JAC IEV75 and Renault Twizy, as well as one Hyundai Ioniq were bought in the Russian Federation.

As for geography, 17 new electric cars were registered in the capital, other 6 - in the suburbs. Thus, Moscow and its suburbs had more than 40% of the total volume. Five electric cars were registered in Primorsky Territory, 3 in each of Novosibirsk and Sverdlovsk regions, 2 in each of Tomsk region, Khabarovsk, Perm, Krasnodar Territories. 11 regions were replenished with one electric car each.