"Prygon" is the basis of the electric car segment in Ukraine. This word, familiar to motorists, refers to the import of used cars, even when in reality the car is not "driven", but transported by sea or delivered by truck. Here are the numbers that prove it: the share of "freshly driven" cars among all electric cars on the market in September amounted to 48.9%, that is, almost half, and more than other sub-segments — sales of new and domestic resales of electric cars with mileage.
In total, in September, the Ukrainian car fleet was replenished with 3,179 BEV (Battery Electric Vehicle) passenger cars with mileage.
The dynamics of this part of the car market looks like this: "slump" relative to August of the current year — minus 42%, compared to September 2023 — minus 10%.
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Which electric cars were most often ordered and, accordingly, "driven" at the beginning of autumn? Letʼs start with an overview of the manufacturer rating, where Tesla is the undisputed leader. It seems that someone will appear soon who can compete with several "Models" of this American manufacturer. Nissan is currently holding on thanks to two generations of the Leaf, and hopes for the success of the Ariya crossover, but the competition in the e-SUV group is much tougher than it was at the time of the appearance of the first generation Leaf in the environment of compact hatchbacks, where it actually had no one to compete with.
Among the individual models that most often replenished the Ukrainian car fleet, the Nissan Leaf is still in the lead, which from time to time exchanged the first place with the Tesla Model 3, and now there is a possibility that the Model Y also has some hopes for the first step.
Then, that is, in the next few months, the volume of imports of electric cars will gradually increase, according to analysts of the Institute of Car Market Research. The accelerated demand that occurred in August due to talk of the likely introduction of a 15% tax has led to further declines in volumes that we forecast, but this phenomenon will not extend beyond 2-3 months.
Also, maintaining demand will be helped by the prices of electric cars, which according to the results of September have even decreased somewhat, which you can learn more about in a separate review from the IDA.
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