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The Russian market of electric vehicles and hybrids has shown a change in shares and an increase in sales in recent months.
Weekly data for the past month show that the share of electric cars in the Russian automobile market rose to two percent for the first time. Sergei Tselikov, director of the analytical agency Autostat, announced this in his Telegram channel.
“The share of plug-in hybrids (PHEV+EREV) in August was at five percent. At the same time, taking into account all other types of hybrids, including mild ones, the total share of EVs exceeded 11 percent,” Tselikov stated.
Leadership in the electric car market has returned to the Russian brand Evolute, which accounted for more than 25 percent of sales.
In July, 3,646 used electric vehicles were sold in Russia. The achieved result was 2.9 times higher than what was recorded in the second summer month of 2025.

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