The market of used electric cars showed a fall for the first time for more than 5 years

In April 2022, Russians purchased 728 used electric vehicles, which is 6% lower than a year ago. Such data are provided by the experts of the agency "AUTOSTAT" based on the results of processing the relevant information of JSC "Electronic Passport".

Also, in preparation for the “Used Cars – 2022” auto business forum, experts found that the secondary market for electric cars showed a drop for the first time since November 2016, i.e. for more than 5 years! Nearly a half (48%) of the used electric vehicle market in April is Nissan. So, last month, the residents of our country bought 352 used cars of the Nissan Leaf model, which is 44% lower than the result of April 2021. The second place in the brand rating, with a share of 24%, is occupied by Tesla (174 units), the re-sales of which increased 3.3 times. Far behind, third place among the brands is occupied by Audi with sold 36 used electric vehicles. Porsche (25 units) and Volkswagen (25 units) finished the top five. As mentioned above, the most popular model among used electric vehicles is Nissan Leaf (352 units).

The second place in the model rating according to the results of April was taken by Tesla Model 3, which sold 83 used units. This is followed by another "Tesla" - Model Y (45 units). The TOP-5 also included Audi e-tron and Tesla Model S, the results of which were 31 and 28 units, respectively. According to the results of four months of 2022, 3,355 used electric cars were purchased in our country, which is 57% higher than in January-April of the previous year.