How many electric cars are sold worldwide each year?
Technology medium Data from 2024
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The answer
17,000,000 cars
Roughly 17M.
Around 17 million electric cars were sold in a year, roughly one in five new cars worldwide. China accounts for about 60% of them. In 2015 the figure was under half a million.
Where this number comes from
| Source | International Energy Agency Global EV Outlook |
|---|---|
| Figure refers to | 2024 |
| Last checked | |
| Unit | cars |
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