In the absence of visible reasons for joy in the domestic auto market, domestic analysts are practicing to find at least some informative reasons to maintain optimism. And another study on the price paradoxes of the automotive world was dismantled by the AvtoVzglyad portal.
A few weeks ago, Auto.ru magazine decided to dispel a little the sadness and longing that gripped Russian car owners. After a thorough study of the database of advertisements, the experts of the publication found that in 2022 the prices for electric vehicles in our country have changed in the most pleasant way. And this despite the fact that the rest of the cars only became more expensive due to the total shortage.
The wonders of statistics
An analysis of the Auto.ru list showed that the average price of new electric trains in the hospital fell by 44% over the specified period and amounted to 5 million rubles. True, a reservation immediately followed – this happened not at all because of the rewriting of price tags to please the consumer, but because of a sharp change in the structure of the market in favor of cheaper models: most of the segment – 40 – 45% – went to electric cars for 3-5 million.
Then the wonders of statistics begin – science, as you know, is very cunning. It turns out that in Russia the number of advertisements for the sale of electric vehicles has doubled. But at the same time, interest in buying this type of vehicle has declined: in December, traffic in the new car segment was down 25% compared to January.
How to understand all this balancing act with numbers? Yes, it’s very simple – we are talking exclusively about offers whose authors can determine any price, regardless of common sense.
– What are you talking about, Fedosya Ivanovna, I have a load of hay worth ten rubles.
– It’s worth it, but nobody buys it! You have absolutely useless hay!
Very few are really violent
Our people even pay five instead of nine million for a little-studied beast with dubious performance characteristics, unlike their western neighbors, not very enthusiastic. As the experts of the Avtostat agency rightly noted, an electric drive adds almost 70% to the price compared to a gasoline unit.
Such a picture is typical not only of our country, but also of Europe and America, inhabited exclusively by fans of “clean” transport. The situation around the world is saved only by targeted subsidies from states. And since it is produced from taxes, it is we who pay out of pocket for the pleasure of individuals to publicly display their environmental preferences.
The relationship is purely direct. The larger the subsidy amount, the stronger the sales growth of electric vehicles. There will be no subsidies – the market for “eco-transport” will immediately collapse. Of course, we are talking about those countries where it was formed at least. As for Russia, any talk about the present and future of electric vehicles within its borders is purely speculative. Last year, our compatriots – both legal entities and individuals – bought 2,998 cars through official channels and with the help of the fruits of parallel imports.
To whom shall we rejoice
To understand the meager scale of these sales, suffice it to note that they only amounted to 0.4% of our market crashing into hell. Yes, all brands together managed to sell naive buyers about as many electric cars as Lexus or Audi, who brilliantly left our market, sold cars with internal combustion engines.
Adepts of electric transport never tire of the fact that the growth of real purchases of electric trains in Russia in 2022 was as much as 33%. But in this case, the success of the Chinese brand Exeed deserves much more attention, which sold 12,127 internal combustion engine cars in our country, which is 353.5% higher than last year’s result.
A few weeks ago, Auto.ru magazine decided to dispel a little the sadness and longing that gripped Russian car owners. After a thorough study of the advertising database, the publication’s experts found that in 2022, prices for electric vehicles in our country have changed in the most pleasant way. And this despite the fact that the rest of the cars only became more expensive due to the total shortage.
The wonders of statistics
An analysis of the Auto.ru list showed that the average price of new electric trains in the hospital fell by 44% over the specified period and amounted to 5 million rubles. True, a reservation immediately followed – this happened not at all because of the rewriting of price tags to please consumers, but because of a sharp change in the structure of the market in favor of cheaper models: most of the segment – 40 -45 % – went to electric cars for 3-5 million.
Then the wonders of statistics begin – science, as you know, is very cunning. It turns out that in Russia the number of advertisements for the sale of electric vehicles has doubled. But at the same time, interest in buying this type of vehicle has declined: in December, traffic in the new car segment was down 25% compared to January.
How to understand all this balancing act with numbers? Yes, it’s very simple – we are talking exclusively about offers whose authors can determine any price, regardless of common sense.
– What are you talking about, Fedosya Ivanovna, I have a load of hay worth ten rubles.
– It’s worth it, but nobody buys it! You have absolutely useless hay!
Very few are really violent
Our people even pay five instead of nine million for a little-studied beast with dubious performance characteristics, unlike their western neighbors, not very enthusiastic. As the experts of the Avtostat agency rightly noted, an electric drive adds almost 70% to the price compared to a gasoline unit.
Such a picture is typical not only of our country, but also of Europe and America, inhabited exclusively by fans of “clean” transport. The situation around the world is saved only by targeted subsidies from states. And since it is produced from taxes, it is we who pay out of pocket for the pleasure of individuals to publicly display their environmental preferences.
The relationship is purely direct. The larger the subsidy amount, the stronger the sales growth of electric vehicles. There will be no subsidies – the market for “eco-transport” will immediately collapse. We are talking, of course, about those countries where it was formed at least. As for Russia, any talk about the present and future of electric vehicles within its borders is purely speculative. Last year, our compatriots – both legal entities and individuals – bought 2,998 cars through official channels and with the help of the fruits of parallel imports.
To whom shall we rejoice
To understand the meager scale of these sales, suffice it to note that they only amounted to 0.4% of our market crashing into hell. Yes, all brands together managed to sell naive buyers about as many electric cars as Lexus or Audi, who brilliantly left our market, sold cars with internal combustion engines.
Adepts of electric transport never tire of the fact that the growth of real purchases of electric trains in Russia in 2022 was as much as 33%. But in this case, the success of the Chinese brand Exeed deserves much more attention, which sold 12,127 internal combustion engine cars in our country, which is 353.5% higher than last year’s result.
Source: Avto Vzglyad
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