Avtostat: sales of plug-in hybrids in the Russian Federation increased 2.3 times

In the first quarter of 2026, sales of new plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) in Russia reached 13,566 units. The share of such cars on the market increased from 2.4% to 5.1% over the year. This was reported by the analytical agency Autostat with reference to data from PPK JSC.

“The leader of the brand rating in the PHEV segment was the Voyah brand, which sold 3,038 cars in three months, which corresponds to a share of 22.4% of the total. In second place is the Geely brand, whose figure was 2,291 units. The third place was taken by the domestic Evolute (1,977 units), and the 2025 leader Lixiang (1,416 units) was in fourth place. Lynk & Co (938 units) also made it into the TOP 5 brands,” the publication says.

The leader among new plug-in hybrids in the first quarter was the Voyah Free crossover with 2,466 cars sold. The top three also included Evolute i-SPACE (1,977 units) and the new market Geely EX5 EM-i (1,302 units). It is noteworthy that half of the models from the top 10 a year ago were not yet in Russia.

According to Dmitry Yarygin, deputy head of the analytics department at Autostat, in the first quarter of 2026, all types of hybrids (including PHEV) occupied 8.1% of the Russian market for new passenger cars. This is 1.5 times more than a year ago (5.4%). Together with electric vehicles, their share reached 9% versus 6.2% in January-March 2025.

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