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The primary registrations of electric (used and new) vehicles in Ukraine in January-June 2019 grew by 58 percent year-over-year, to 3,185 vehicles (2,964 cars and 221 commercial vehicles), the Ukrautoprom association has reported.

The share of used electric vehicles was 91 percent.

Nissan Leaf remains the leader in the passenger electric car segment: in six months 1,550 cars of this model received Ukrainian license plates, Tesla Model S was second (253 registrations), BMW i3 with 189 cars was third.

The electric car FIAT 500e was chosen by 135 Ukrainians, and the Renault Zoe sold 134 cars.

In the commercial segment, the RENAULT Kangoo Z.E has the best result: 206 registrations in six months.