The market of used electric vehicles grew by 19% in May

Experts of the analytical agency AUTOSTAT have already reported about a 44% drop in the market of new electric vehicles in May. Meanwhile, in the segment of used electric vehicles, the growth continues. So, according to the agency, the Russians purchased 295 used electric cars in the previous month, which is higher by 19% than in May 2019.

As before, the lion's share of this market (93%) belonged to one model – Nissan Leaf. In May, 275 residents of our country became its owners. In addition, 6 units of LADA Ellada were resold, 5 - Mitsubishi i-MiEV, 4 – Tesla Model S, 2 each - Jaguar I-Pace and BMW i3, 1 – Tesla Model 3. Most of all used electric vehicles were purchased in Primorsky region (43 units) and Irkutsk region (42 units) in the previous month. Behind them in the rating table there is Krasnodar (23 units) and Khabarovsk (18 units) territories. The leading regions also included Novosibirsk region and Moscow (14 units), Amur region (13 units). In other constituent entities of the Russian Federation, resale of electric cars reached less than 10 units.

According to experts of the analytical agency AUTOSTAT, by the results of 5 months of 2020, the market of used electric vehicles shows even the greater growth. During this period, its volume reached 1,469 units – higher by 30% than in January - May of the previous year.