Used electric vehicle market doubled in May

In May, the Russian market of new electric cars grew 10 times, in the secondary market in this segment the success is a little more modest, but there is also a serious growth. So, according to the agency "AUTOSTAT", the residents of our country bought 638 used electric vehicles the last month, which is 116% higher than in May 2020.

At the same time, the lion's share of preferences (85%) belonged to Nissan Leaf model, the resale of which was 541 units. In addition, in the previous month of spring, Russians bought 40 used electric cars of Tesla brand (including Model S, Model 3, Model X), 21 units of Chevrolet (represented by one model - Bolt), 15 - Mitsubishi (I-MiEV), 6 - BMW (i3), 6 - Hyundai (Ioniq and Kona), 4 - Porsche (Taycan), 3 - Jaguar (I-Pace), 1 - Audi (e-tron), and 1 - Renault (Twizy).

More than a half (51%) of the used electric car market in May belonged to 8 Russian regions. Irkutsk Region is the leader in this rating with the result of 89 units. Also, residents of Primorsky (72 units) and Krasnodar (40 units) regions distinguished themselves in sympathy for used electric vehicles. Moscow is the fourth one in this rating (35 items). Experts also calculated that since the beginning of this year, 2,655 electric vehicles have changed their owners in our country. This is 81% higher than in January - May of 2020.