In April, as many FAW electric vehicles were sold in Russia as Evolute and Volkswagen combined
There haven’t been such dramatic changes in the Russian car market for a long time: in April, FAW burst into the ranking of new electric vehicles, immediately taking second place! Over the past month, 330 new electric trains were sold in Russia. FAW, only Zeekr electric vehicles sold more (746).
Sales of FAW significantly exceeded sales of Evolute (203 units, 3rd place in the segment), Volkswagen (134 cars, 4th place) and Tesla (129 cars, 5th place).
Where did the Russians suddenly wake up to such a frenzied demand for FAW electric vehicles? According to the source of «Chinese cars», FAW Bestune NAT electric minivans come directly from China to regional taxi fleets. So, in April, not 330, but 450 cars were delivered to Rostov, more than half of them have already been transported to St. Petersburg. In other words, almost all FAW from statistics (if not all) — these are commercial sales.