Experts predict the growth in sales of electric vehicles in Russia

Sales of new electric vehicles in Russia continue to grow, which is largely facilitated by the development of parallel imports. According to the head of the ROLF Electro project, Alexander Kandinov, the positive dynamics of the Russian electric car market will continue and will only grow. The main thing is the availability of cars at sellers and the preservation (or expansion) of opportunities for imports. Today, parallel import is actually the only way to supply electric vehicles. For the most part, cars are being transported that have not previously been delivered to Russia. They are just the most interesting for the target audience, for example, Mercedes-Benz EQE. There are also a lot of new Chinese brands: Zeekr, Hongqui, BYD, HiPhi and many others.

In the next three years, the share of electric vehicles in Russia, according to expert forecasts, can reach 10%, in case of the active development of infrastructure for owning an electric car and active state support in the form of subsidies and benefits. “The electric vehicle market will grow in Russia due to the increased demand, the customer is the main driver of this segment. The most attractive will be electric cars of the brands Tesla, Nissan, Volkswagen of Chinese assembly, Mitsubishi, as well as cars of Chinese brands.

The market share of electric vehicles can grow several times in 2023, this will be facilitated by the local production of the Evolute and Moskvich brands, - comments Alexander Surkov, Head of Used Cars at Pragmatika Group. In turn, Oksana Pavlycheva, Skywell brand manager, notes that new official distributors of electric car manufacturers are appearing in the Russian market, which will give potential buyers confidence in owning and servicing cars. In autumn, the Skywell brand announced its official introduction to the Russian market, and the brand is currently forming a dealer network.

Over time, sub-brands of the already existing companies Geely, Chery, GAC, Changan, OMODA may appear in our country. In addition, Chinese manufacturers indirectly enter the Russian market, by supplying car kits for Evolute and Moskvich plants.