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Electric vehicles are becoming more popular, but which countries are buying them?

1,401 views · Published 5 November 2018 · 1:22 · Indexed 20 October 2026

Channel: Down To Earth · 2018 · Autos & Vehicles

Electric vehicles are becoming more popular. A new report by the International Council of Clean Transportation (ICLT) has come out with a new briefing paper on the electric vehicles market. This report has some useful insights into where electric vehicles have become popular and the reasons for its popularity.

The paper states that there is a steady rise in the sale of electric vehicles. More than 1 million new electric passenger vehicles were sold worldwide in 2017. This formed 1% of the total vehicle sales. In 2017, about 3 million EVs took to roads in the world.

More than 57% of these vehicles were sold in China 98 percent of all electric vehicles sold are in China, Europe, Japan, and the United States. 39% of all vehicles sold in Norway were plug-in passenger vehicles.

The briefing paper goes on to say that the top op three cities with the highest sale of electric vehicles since 2011 are Shanghai (162,000), Beijing (147,000) and Los Angeles (143,000)

The total number of EVs sold in Shanghai in 2017 was equal to all petrol and diesel cars sold by Honda in India that year.

Deployment of this charging infrastructure and an increase in the range has led to this increase in EV sales.

Range of electric cars sold in the US has increased from 73 miles (117 km) in model year 2011 to 114 miles (183 km) in 2017.

Beijing at 39,000 charge points and Shenzhen with 35,000, has the highest number of charging points.

By 2025, there will be more than 7 million EVs on the road.

Electric vehicles are becoming more popular, but which countries are buying them?

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