Stocks of electric cars and hybrids at old prices may run out in Russia by July
The stocks of new electric and hybrid cars, purchased before the increase in the rates of utilization tax on January 1, 2025, will be enough for about half a year of sales. This was told by the director of Avilon Electro, Sergei Melyukh, reports the analytical agency "Autostat" on January 22. According to him, as the number of such cars decreases, their price will approach the cost of imported models in 2025, given the general market trends.
However, the stock of such cars is quite small compared to the cars with internal combustion engines, which is due to the commensurately small demand and limited supply volume, explained Alexander Kovalev, head of the press service of Expocar Group of Companies. Such cars were either imported to Russia in limited batches of official deliveries (Voyah, Ora, Wey, hybrid Chery), or imported with the help of alternative imports.
According to Andrei Olkhovsky, CEO of Avtodom Group of Companies, the stocks will be enough for four or five months, because some models have very low liquidity.
Earlier in the day it was reported that in 2024 in Russia the number of closures of car showrooms of car brands from China increased 2.4 times to 449 points. At the same time, the opening of showrooms of car brands from China decreased by almost 1.5 times, to 964 points. According to analysts, most often car dealers themselves broke contracts, because they failed to make a profit.
January 20, it became known that in 2024, 181.2 thousand new passenger cars were imported into Russia under various schemes of alternative imports, which is 20% lower than a year earlier. Most of the cars were imported from Kyrgyzstan, China and Belarus.
