Despite Russiaʼs terrorist attacks on energy infrastructure, during 2022 Ukrainians continued to buy electric cars. Even more: the year turned out to be a record for the Ukrainian electric car market, and a record was even set in December: the largest number of new electric car registrations. Experts of the Institute of Car Market Research determined in which regions electric cars are most often bought, as well as the top 25 models in each of the segments.
Dynamics of the electric car market
In December, Ukrainians bought more than 2,300 new and used carselectric cars This is +32.9% more than in December 2021 and 6.4% more than in November 2022.
In total, during 2022, Ukrainians purchased 22,500 cars with an electric engine. This is 45.3% more than in 2021 and, in general, a record number of sales of electric cars on the Ukrainian car market. Thus, despite Russiaʼs terrorist attacks on energy infrastructure, Ukrainians continue to buy electric vehicles.
Most of the electric cars ( 49.2%, 11.1 thousand), purchased in 2022, were brought used from abroad ; another 40.8% (9.2 thousand) were purchased on the domestic market. Only 10% (2.3 thousand) electric cars were bought new.
At the same time, the share of new electric cars is growing for the fourth month in a row, and in December it was recorded at the maximum level: 14.2%. In the same month, another quantitative record was set: 324 new electric cars received Ukrainian license plates for the first time. This is a record number of sales of new electric cars.
In which regions are most people buying electric cars?
In 2022, the largest number of new and used cars were registered in the city of Kyiv (4.7 thousand), which is 20.3% of the total number. In the Lviv region during the past year, 2.4 thousand Ukrainians ( 10.3% ) became owners of electric cars. Another 2,000 electric cars ( 8.6% ) were registered in the Kyiv region.
Electric cars were also actively bought in Odesa (1.9 thousand, 8.3% ) and Dnipropetrovsk (1.9 thousand, 8.1% ) regions.
The fewest electric vehicles were registered in the Luhansk (36), Donetsk (40) and Chernihiv (65) regions.
- city of Kyiv — 4,675 pcs.
- Lvivska — 2,382 pcs.
- Kyivska — 1,984 pcs.
- Odesa — 1,921 pcs.
- Dnipropetrovsk — 1,868 units.
- Ternopilska — 1,194 pcs.
- Vinnytsia — 1,079 units.
- Chernivtsi — 972 pcs.
- Khmelnytska — 826 pcs.
- Zakarpattia — 718 pcs.
- Kharkiv — 714 pcs.
- Poltava — 680 pcs.
- Rivne — 659 pcs.
- Zhytomyrska — 655 pcs.
- Volynska — 612 pcs.
- Ivano-Frankivsk — 565 pcs.
- Cherkasy — 439 pcs.
- Zaporizhzhia — 326 pcs.
- Kirovohradsk — 277 pcs.
- Sumy — 163 pcs.
- Khersonska — 134 pcs.
- Mykolaivska — 94 pcs.
- Chernihivska — 65 pcs.
- Donetska — 40 pcs.
- Luhansk — 36 pcs.
TOP of the most popular electric cars on the domestic market
The long-time leader Nissan Leaf became the most popular electric car on the domestic market in 2022. The number of purchase and sale agreements of this model (3 thousand) is five times higher than that of the nearest competitor — Tesla Model 3 (651 agreements).
Well, in third place was another Tesla — Model S (515 deals). The fourth place was taken by the Volkswagen E-Golf (486 deals), and the Volkswagen ID.4 (474 deals) rounds out the top five.
- Nissan Leaf — 3,033 deals
- Tesla Model 3 — 651 deals
- Tesla Model S — 515 deals
- Volkswagen E-Golf — 486 deals
- Volkswagen ID.4 — 474 deals
- Renault Zoe — 390 deals
- BMW i3 — 309 deals
- Chevrolet Bolt — 230 deals
- Honda M-NV — 196 transactions
- Renault Kangoo ZE — 193 deals
- Fiat 500 — 192 deals
- Tesla Model X — 182 deals
- Smart — 168 deals
- Audi E-Tron — 163 deals
- Tesla Model Y — 160 deals
- Mercedes-Benz B-Class — 155 deals
- Kia Soul — 132 deals
- Hyundai Kona — 115 deals
- Ford Focus — 93 deals
- Volkswagen E-Lavida — 84 deals
- Volkswagen Bora — 79 deals
- Jaguar I-Pace — 72 deals
- BMW iX — 70 deals
- Hyundai Ioniq — 65 deals
- Nissan E-NV 200 — 64 deals
TOP imported used electric cars
Nissal Leaf (2,269 units) remains the leader of "freshly driven" electric cars in 2022. The second place was taken by Tesla Model 3 (953 units), and the third place was taken by Volkswagen E-Golf (871 units).
The popular Volkswagen ID.4 is in fourth place (862 units), and Renault Zoe (688 units) rounds out the top five.
- Nissan Leaf — 2,269 pcs.
- Tesla Model 3 — 953 pcs.
- Volkswagen E-Golf — 871 pcs.
- Volkswagen ID.4 — 862 pcs.
- Renault Zoe — 688 pcs.
- Tesla Model Y — 522 pcs.
- Honda M-NV — 431 pcs.
- Tesla Model S — 419 pcs.
- Chevrolet Bolt — 343 pcs.
- Renault Kangoo ZE — 338 pcs.
- Audi E-Tron — 271 pcs.
- Hyundai Kona — 224 pcs.
- BMW i3 — 199 pcs.
- Tesla Model X — 186 pcs.
- Nissan E-NV 200 — 184 pcs.
- Smart — 162 pcs.
- Mercedes-Benz B-Class — 130 pcs.
- Kia Soul — 128 pcs.
- Volkswagen E-Lavida — 119 pcs.
- Mitsubishi I-Miev — 110 pcs.
- Citroen C-Zero — 84 pcs.
- Peugeot Ion — 84 pcs.
- Fiat 500 — 76 pcs.
- Hyundai Ioniq — 75 pcs.
- Mazda MX-30 — 69 pcs.
TOP new electric cars
The first place according to the results of 2022 was taken by the electric Volkswagen ID.4 (102 units). This includes both the European and Chinese versions of this model.
The second place was taken by Honda M-NV (240 units), and the third place by BMW iX (171 units). The fourth position was taken by the Hyundai Ioniq 5 (131 units), and the fifth by the Audi E-Tron (114 units).
- Volkswagen ID.4 — 562 pcs.
- Honda M-NV — 240 pcs.
- BMW iX — 171 pcs.
- Hyundai Ioniq 5 — 131 pcs.
- Audi E-Tron — 114 pcs.
- Nissan Leaf — 109 pcs.
- Mercedes-Benz EQC — 81 pcs.
- Volvo XC40 — 76 pcs.
- Hyundai Kona — 54 pcs.
- Mercedes-Benz EQA — 53 pcs.
- Volkswagen ID.6 — 51 pcs.
- Mercedes-Benz EQS — 49 pcs.
- Porsche Taycan — 47 pcs.
- Hyundai Ioniq — 37 pcs.
- Jaguar I-Pace — 37 pcs.
- Volvo C40 — 30 pcs.
- Volkswagen ID.3 — 28 pcs.
- BYD E-2 — 23 pcs.
- Byd Yuan — 23 pcs.
- Renault K-ZE — 18 pcs.
- Volkswagen E-Lavida — 18 pcs.
- Mercedes-Benz EQE — 17 pcs.
- Audi Q2 — 16 pcs.
- MG ZS — 14 pcs.
- Toyota Izoa — 12 pcs.
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