"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 November amounted to 54.9%, that is, more than half, and, accordingly, more than other sub-segments — sales of new and domestic resales of electric cars with mileage.
In total, in November, the Ukrainian car fleet was replenished with 3,064 cars of the BEV (Battery Electric Vehicle) group with mileage.
The dynamics of this part of the car market looks like this: "slump" relative to October (MoM) of the current year — minus 7%, and also a decrease in volumes compared to November 2023 (YoY) by 16.5%.
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Which electric cars were most often ordered and, accordingly, "driven" last month? Letʼs start with an overview of the manufacturer rating, where Tesla is confidently leading. It seems that someone will appear soon who can compete with the four "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 took the lead, which from time to time exchanged the first place with the Tesla Model 3, and for a certain period there was a possibility that the Model Y also had certain plans for the first step. However, a different story happened with the Leaf: thanks to the low starting price for the early releases of this model, it received a "second wind", that is, it is bought as a second car for everyday use, in order to save on fuel, while not getting rid of the "main" gasoline or diesel car. But this time the two most popular models actually shared one step, just like the pair of KIA e-Niro and Audi e-tron.
The result of replenishment of the fleet with electric vehicles with mileage (3 thousand) is significantly lower than the average statistical value for the past 12 months, which is 3.5 thousand/month. However, last month, smaller volumes were also recorded for both new electric cars and used ones that were sold on the domestic market.
At the same time, it should be recalled that buying an electric car abroad is currently the most profitable of all options, since they are subject to almost "zero" customs clearance. Which will cease to operate (if there are no changes in the legislation, and so far no initiatives have been announced in this regard, and the economic situation in the country does not favor the continuation of benefits) on January 1, 2026. Then the share of the domestic market can grow and outweigh the share of imports.
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