OREANDA-NEWS. According to the analytic agency "AUTOSTAT", there were only 486 cars with electric drive only as of mid-2015 in the Russian parc. Recharged (Plug-In) hybrids are not taken into account.

Among the electric cars, the most widespread car in our country is Mitsubishi I-MiEV - 217 units. In the second place there is Tesla Model S - 122 vehicles. The third place is occupied by Nissan Leaf (86 units), the fourth – AvtoVAZ’s EL-LADA (49 units) and the fifth - Renault Twizy (12 units). This list of electric cars in Russia is limited.

Meanwhile, the number of electric vehicles (EV) in the world is approaching a million units, and the growth of this market segment is 70-80% per year. The most popular electric cars among are citizens in the US, Japan and Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden).

Experts say the explosive growth of the market of electric vehicles can occur after a full launch of the Chinese automotive industry to it. So far, Chinese automakers are only eyeing this segment of the auto business.