OREANDA-NEWS Demand for electric vehicles in Russia will grow by an average of 38 percent annually over the next ten years and by 2033 will reach the level of 340 thousand cars per year. This is reported by the Vedomosti newspaper with reference to the basic forecast of analysts at Strategy Partners.

We are talking about an increase in demand for electric passenger cars, low-tonnage electric trucks and rechargeable hybrids. Experts expect that in the next few years the demand for such types of transport in the country will grow at maximum rates.

According to the baseline scenario, the fleet of electric vehicles in Russia will reach 1.78 million units by the end of this decade and will grow 47 times compared to 2023. Of these, electric trucks will account for 109 thousand. Experts attribute the sharp increase in demand for electric vehicles to a number of factors, including programs to support the production and sales of similar modes of transport in Russia, as well as the projected decrease in the cost of batteries.

Earlier, the head of Rosatom, Alexey Likhachev, said that the share of electric vehicles in the Russian market could reach 40-45 percent by 2030. According to the strategy for the development of electric transport, the annual production volume by this time should be 200-220 thousand units.