In Ukraine, the growing market of electric vehicles
compared with last year the demand for commercial vehicles, which operates solely on electric, have doubled, and passenger electric vehicles – 42 per cent. According to the Chairman of the Agency gosenergoeffektivnosti Serhiy Savchuk, we must continue to encourage the development of electric transport and relevant infrastructure, as it can contribute to:
- the replacement of imported petroleum products (only in 2018, these imports reached 5.5 billion U.S. dollars, which is 25% higher than in 2017);
- reduction of harmful emissions;
- the environment.
- TESLA Model S (435 units);
- BMW i3 (276 units).
For January-September 2019 in Ukraine was almost 5,5 thousand cars. It's 42% more than in the same period last year.
According to Ukravtoprom in the TOP 3 most popular electric cars in Ukraine included:
the NISSAN Leaf (2,5 thousand. Auto);
Total, according to marketing Agency "IRS Group", as 01.07.2019 G. there are about 14 thousand vehicles and more than 12 thousand hybrids.
As you know, the growth of demand for electric cars has contributed to the adoption in late 2015 of the law of Ukraine on the abolition of import duties on electric vehicles. In addition, until 2022 cancelled VAT on import of electric cars.
And this year the Verkhovna Rada adopted the Law of 11.07.2019 No. 2754-VIII to create access to the infrastructure of charging stations for electric vehicles.