OREANDA-NEWS. According to the analytic agency "AUTOSTAT", for the first 9 months of 2016, sales of new electric vehicles in Russia were 58 units, which is less by 19.4% than in the same period of the last year (72 units).

The leader by the number of sold electric cars in the country is Tesla, sales of which achieved 24 units. Among this amount, 18 units are sales of sedan Tesla Model S, and other 6 units - are new crossovers Tesla Model X. The second most popular model in our country is the Mitsubishi i-MiEV (20 units). The third position is occupied by another electric car from Japan - Nissan Leaf (11 units). Also in the Russian roads there will appear 3 electric cars Renault Twizy.

About two-thirds of all electric vehicles (38 units) were registered in the capital region (Moscow and the Moscow region). Seven cars went to Primorsky Region, five - to St. Petersburg (including the Leningrad region), two - to Tatarstan and Krasnodar region. Another one electric car was purchased by residents of Kirov, Penza, Novosibirsk and Tomsk regions.