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Primary registrations of electric cars (new and used) in Ukraine grew by 50 percent in January-April 2018 year-over-year, to 1,044 cars, the Ukrautoprom association has reported.

The share of used cars grew to 85 percent compared with 81 percent in January-April 2017.

Nissan Leaf is the most popular electric car with the market share of 69 percent (723 cars were registered, including 52 new cars).

BMW i3 was second with 58 cars registered, including 19 new ones.

Tesla Model S is third with 52 cars registered (18 new).

Mercedes-Benz B with 36 registered cars and Smart Fortwo Electric Drive with 32 registered cars were fourth and fifth respectively.