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[–] tal@lemmy.today 7 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

It doesn't sound like they have the EVs or charging infrastructure to do much with EVs:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plug-in_electric_vehicles_in_Russia

As of July 2022, there were around 18,700 electric vehicles in Russia, equivalent to 0.04% of all cars in the country.

Sounds like a year ago, there were about three times that, so maybe up to 0.12%.

https://en.iz.ru/en/1940076/2025-08-20/number-electric-vehicles-russia-has-been-calculated

As of the beginning of July, there were 65.2 thousand electric vehicles in Russia. Sergey Tselikov, director of the Autostat analytical agency, told about this in his Telegram channel.

So in addition to the financial losses, I assume that's going to cause logistical problems.

EDIT: It also doesn't sound like there are a whole lot of diesel vehicles, though more than EVs. I understand that diesel is presently less constrained than gasoline.

https://m.eng.autostat.ru/news/24768/

The share of petrol cars increased slightly over the year, from 93.1% to 95.4%. Concurrently, the share of diesel cars declined almost fourfold, from 3.9% in May 2023 to the current 1%. This is attributed to the decline in car sales in the traditional premium segment, which are mostly powered by diesel.