In the first three months of 2021, AutoTrader users conducted more than 132,000 searches using only the electric filter, jumping to 261,000 in the first quarter of 2022
The BMW i8 is currently the most searched for used hybrid vehicle in SA according to a recent survey conducted by AutoTrader. Picture: BMW.
In the first three months of 2021, AutoTrader users conducted more than 132,000 searches employing only the electric filter, with that figure jumping to an impressive 261,000 in the opening quarter of 2022. “The spike in searches for the Nissan Leaf lines up with data from our 2021 Electric Vehicle Buyers Survey, which shows two-thirds of respondents would consider buying an EV if it were priced under R500,000,” pointed outWhat about the hybrid segment? Well, growth here mirrored that of electric cars, with the total number of searches using only the hybrid filter more than doubling from over 169,000 in the first quarter of 2021 to over 367,000 in the opening three months of 2022.
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