In April the Russian market of new electric vehicles exceeded the level of March

According to the analytical agency AUTOSTAT, in April of 2020, the inhabitants of our country became the owners of 24 new electric cars. Interestingly, despite the coronavirus pandemic and the accompanying restrictive measures, this result was greater than in March (19 units).

Over a half of sold electric cars are represented by Nissan Leaf models in April (14 units). Also during this period, the Russians purchased 5 units of Tesla (4 - Model 3; 1 - Model X), 3 - Peugeot Ion and 2 - Jaguar I-Pace. The Krasnodar Territory is the leader in the regional structure of this market segment, the residents of which won 5 new electric cars in the previous month. The second place is occupied by Moscow (4 units), the third - Primorsky Krai (3 units). In the Moscow region, two electric vehicles were purchased, and in other 10 subjects of the Russian Federation –one each.

Meanwhile, as the experts of the analytical agency noted, if we compare the April market volume of new electric cars with the level of a year ago, then in this case there is a negative trend. Then, in April of 2019, this indicator was equal to 26 units, i.e. two more than now.