Electric Vehicle Statistics 2026

Electric car sales grew by 20% globally to exceed 20 million in 2025, meaning one-quarter of all new cars sold were electric.

Global sales, at around 3.9 million, were 8% lower than over the same period last year, primarily because of lower sales in China and the United States following key policy changes.

Global electric car sales are expected to grow to 23 million in 2026, representing 28% of total car sales

Chinese automakers supplied 60% of global electric car sales in 2025, while European and North American automakers were each responsible for about 15% of global sales.

BloombergNEF's (BNEF) annual Electric Vehicle Outlook (EVO) expects over a quarter (27%) of cars sold globally in 2026 to be electric - up from 9% five years ago - and over half (52%) of all passenger vehicles to be electric by 2035.

More than 13 million electric cars were sold in China in 2025, maintaining its position as the world's largest electric car market, accounting for six out of ten electric cars sold globally.

Monthly electric car sales exceeded a 50% sales share in 11 out of 12 months of 2025 - up from only 5 months in 2024. This lifted the electric car sales share to almost 55%.

Chinese electric car exports doubled to a record high of over 2.5 million in 2025, as production outstripped domestic demand.

Vietnam, for instance, saw EV sales almost double to 179,000 in 2025, with domestic automaker VinFast accounting for 98% of the total.

In Singapore and Thailand, EV models from Chinese brands have driven adoption, with Chinese brands making up 88% of all EVs sold in Thailand in 2025.

In 2025, new zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) registrations decreased by 34.7% compared with the previous year and accounted for 9.5% of all new registrations, down from 14.6% in 2024.

In the same quarter, 43,113 new ZEVs were registered, representing 10.8% of all new motor vehicle registrations during the quarter

Across all reporting sources, 27,089 BEVs were sold during August. This represented 24.9 per cent of the entire new vehicle market – a 171 per cent increase compared to August 2025.

Electrified vehicles more broadly, including battery electric vehicles, conventional hybrid vehicles and plug-in hybrid vehicles, accounted for 46 per cent of new vehicle sales from all sources during the month.

In 2025 , 1,880,370 new battery-electric cars were registered, capturing 17.4% of the EU market share.

Therefore, plug-in-hybrid electric cars now represent 9.4% of EU car registrations, up from 7.2% last year.

Up until September 2026 , battery-electric cars secured a 22.7% share of the EU market, up from 16.1% a year earlier.

From 2025 onwards, vehicle manufacturers must reduce emissions from their new cars put on the EU market by 15% (compared to 2021 levels); by 2030, a 55% reduction needs to be achieved.

The average BEV market share for January through September 2026 reached 24%, a 7-percentage-point increase year over year.

Meanwhile, almost half a million (473,348) new BEVs were registered during 2025 - more than in the whole of 2021 and 2022 combined.

This huge volume, which is likely to place the UK as the second biggest EV market in Europe by volume, saw BEV market share rise to reach 23.4% - a strong uplift, but with a mandate target of 28% the gap between demand and ambition is increasing rather than diminishing.

At the end of December 2025, there were 2,012,000 licensed zero emission vehicles, representing 4.8% of all licensed vehicles, with 1,874,000 being road using.

Plug-in-hybrid electric car registrations continued to grow, reaching 860,257 units in January-September 2026.

Europe’s BEV registrations increased by 69% in September compared with the same month last year.

Battery electric vehicles (BEVs) saw the most significant growth to take a 30.0% share – the highest so far this year, reflecting the trend of high volumes at the end of each quarter and consumer interest spurred by the impact of the Middle East conflict on fuel prices.

Battery electric vehicles made up a record 12% of light-duty vehicle sales in September 2025, immediately before the credits expired.

Battery electric vehicle sales fell to 6% of new vehicle sales in the first nine months of 2026, down from 8% over the same period in 2025.

Between 3Q25 and 3Q26, hybrid electric vehicles continued to gain market share, reaching 16% of light-duty vehicle sales.

According to Kelley Blue Book estimates, 262,649 EVs were sold in Q3, up 6.1% from the second quarter and the highest quarterly total since the record-setting third quarter of 2025.

EV sales in Q3 were down 39.5% from a year ago, but that decline was widely expected, as Q3 2025 was the best quarter ever for EV sales in the United States as consumers rushed to take advantage of expiring federal incentives.

The average transaction price (ATP) for a new EV increased to $55,842 in September, up 2.3% from August but down 3.1% from a year ago.

Tesla's share of EV sales increased to 55.8%, up approximately 1.4 percentage points from August.

In 2024, the most recent year of available data, electric vehicles accounted for 2% of all registered light-duty vehicles in the United States.

Overall, U.S. light-duty electric vehicle electricity use has more than doubled since 1H23, totaling nearly 14 billion kilowatthours in 1H26.

Including traditional hybrid electric vehicles and plug-in models, nearly 25% of all vehicle sales in Q3 were electrified in some manner.

In 3Q26, battery electric vehicles accounted for 12% of luxury light-duty vehicle sales, down from 31% in 3Q25 prior to the expiration of the clean vehicle tax credits.

The total stock of public charging points worldwide reached more than 7 million at the end of 2025.

In 2025, nearly 1.8 million public charging points were added to the global stock, representing an increase of more than 33% compared to the previous year, in line with the growth of the electric LDV fleet.

China continues to hold the largest stock of public charging infrastructure, representing more than 65% of public charging points globally at the end of 2025.

Survey data indicates that worldwide, EV owners charge privately (at home or a workplace) almost 75% of the time, and charge at public fast chargers only 10% of the time

battery pack prices have dropped 8% since 2024 to a record low of $108 per kilowatt-hour

As a result, in 2025, battery electric cars in the United States offered about USD 860 per year in running cost savings compared to gasoline ICE cars.

Battery electric vehicles (BEVs) charged on a mix of private and public charging were 33% cheaper to drive than their gasoline counterparts in 2025 in the EU

At the time of the study, the regular-grade gasoline used by nearly all YDC vehicles averaged $4.152 per gallon, while electricity for home EV charging averaged 18.0 cents per kilowatt hour.

EVs demonstrate a 35.6% drop in MPGe and a 39.0% decrease in calculated driving range.

Roughly half (53%) say they are not too or not at all likely to seriously consider purchasing an EV, and 15% say they do not expect to purchase a vehicle.

Americans show more interest in purchasing a hybrid vehicle: 44% say they would seriously consider buying one.

Democrats and those who lean toward the Democratic Party continue to be more likely than Republicans and GOP leaners to say they would seriously consider purchasing an EV as their next vehicle (47% vs. 17%).

That leaves 47% saying they would not buy one, similar to the 48% a year ago but up from 41% in 2023.

Hybrids appeal to 65%, elevated by more interest from upper-income consumers