In March, sales of new electric vehicles in the Russian Federation amounted to a record 2.5 thousand units
07.04.2024
At the end of March 2024, 2,499 new electric cars were sold in Russia. As experts from the AUTOSTAT agency noted during the online broadcast “AUTOSTAT Operative. Current information on the Russian car market. Results of March 2024”, this is the highest figure in the history of our country.
Let us recall that the previous record for sales of electric vehicles was set in December last year (1922 units). In total, in the first quarter of 2024, 5,889 new electric vehicles were sold in Russia. This is 3.6 times more than in the same period last year.
The most popular brand in this market remains Zeekr. In March, such electric cars sold 1,216 units. In other words, this is about half (48.7%) of the total. In second place, with a huge lag, is Volkswagen (269 units). The third position is occupied by Tesla (152 units), the fourth – by Avatr (140 units). The domestic brand Evolute (138 units) closes the TOP 5.
Experts from the AUTOSTAT agency also note that the share of electric cars in the Russian market continues to grow. Thus, in March of this year it already reached 1.7% of all new passenger cars sold. Meanwhile, a year ago (in March 2023) it was 1%.
AVTOVAZ showed its best sales result in March in the last 11 years
02.04.2024
In March, AVTOVAZ sold 42,840 LADA passenger cars and light commercial vehicles on the Russian market – 83.6% more than a year earlier. As noted, this is the best sales result in the last 11 years. According to the results of the first three months of 2024, Russian LADA dealers sold 91,563 cars, which is 42.5% higher than the same period last year, the automaker’s press service reports.
AVTOVAZ's bestseller in March remains the LADA Granta, which was chosen by 20,412 buyers (+25.6%). The second place is occupied by the flagship LADA Vesta, whose sales amounted to 11,703 cars versus 254 cars a year earlier. As noted, this is a record figure for LADA Vesta NG since its entry into the market. Sales of the LADA Niva Legend and Niva Travel family of SUVs increased by 56% to 10,028 units.
According to AVTOVAZ President Maxim Sokolov, the company continues to implement the 2024 production plan, which was approved by the board of directors. In the first quarter of 2024, car production in Togliatti increased by more than 70% and amounted to almost 116 thousand cars.
As AUTOSTAT previously reported, in March AVTOVAZ began selling LADA Vesta cars equipped with a new power unit - a modernized 1.8 EVO engine (122 hp) and an automatic transmission. The cost of LADA Vesta with 1.8 EVO AT starts from 1 million 588 thousand 900 rubles (sedan in Comfort configuration). The new power unit is installed on all models of the family: sedan, Cross sedan, SW and SW Cross.
