Ukraine — 39% BEV Share!

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Do not forget that article on Albania and its 57% BEV share?

Properly, the excellent news simply retains on coming. Now it’s time to report that Ukraine reached 39% BEV share in November!

Regardless of being a comparatively small market (7,910 new mild automobiles had been registered in November) and the continued conflict, Ukraine is among the unknown EV share leaders of the world! With over 3,000 new BEVs registered in November, translated into 39% BEV share, few markets beat it.

The key?

Like in Albania, no VAT and a gentle movement of EVs coming from China….

Particularly: BYD, which owns 20% of the general native market. That’s not 40% of the native EV market, however 20% of the OVERALL market.

Certain, a part of this has to do with the intention of the native authorities to begin charging VAT subsequent 12 months, so the previous few months of 2025 are experiencing a surge, however the native EV motion continues to be making an attempt to maintain the VAT exemption for not less than one other 12 months. Fingers crossed they may succeed!

Wanting on the total November prime 10, we see that BYD positioned 3 fashions among the many 10 greatest sellers, and that 5 out 10 are both BEVs, or BEV-heavy, because the BEV vs PHEV breakdown of the BYD Track and BYD Sealion 06 stand at round 90% BEV and 10% PHEV.

Additionally attention-grabbing to notice is that the most effective promoting legacy OEMs are typically lacking out on the BEV wave in Ukraine, with the one BEV consultant right here being the VW ID.Unyx, a China-made BEV that’s mainly a rebadged Cupra Tavascan — which did not reach China, resulting in a part of the manufacturing being despatched out to Ukraine.

Toyota’s doing the identical with the China-only BZ3x, whereas Renault … apart from rebadging some Dacia ICE fashions, has no BEVs on sale in Ukraine! Come on, Renault! With such an excellent lineup, one wonders why not less than the Scenic isn’t being offered right here….

Including PHEVs (3% share) to the tally, plugins had 42%(!) of the overall Ukrainian auto market in November.

And whereas the brand new automotive market is spectacular, including second-hand imports, volumes get actually attention-grabbing, in line with our buddies at EAuto, our go-to supply for the native market. The whole EV fleet stands at 214,700 models. Of these, 210,300 are passenger automobiles, with the remaining being vans and buses.

Not dangerous, eh?