Electric car sales shrink by 92.9% in April

Sales of electric vehicles in Ukraine in April 2020 shrank by 92.9% year-over-year (y-o-y), to 38.

All zero-emission cars registered in April were new, according to the Ukrautoprom Association's press service.

The market declined drastically over the nationwide lockdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic, while registration offices suspended services for used car sales operations. Noteworthy, electric cars with mileage have always made up the lion's share of the Ukrainian electric car market.

AUDI E-Tron became the month's bestseller with 10 cars sold.

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BMW i3 and PORSCHE Taycan models came second, having secured seven registrations in April each.

HYUNDAI Ioniq Electric and JAGUAR I-Pace Four cars shared the third place in the month ranking with four vehicles sold each.

A total of 1,747 electric vehicles (159 new ones and 1,588 with mileage) have been sold in Ukraine since year-start.

As UNIAN reported earlier, sales of electric cars in Ukraine in 2019 soared by almost 1.5 times against 2018, to 7,542.