Electric car sales vs Oil demand displaced by electric vehicles
In 2025, electric car sales worldwide was 20 million; oil demand displaced by electric vehicles was 1.7 million barrels per day.
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Global, annual figures, spaced by time from 2024 to 2025 . Different units, drawn on separate scales and clipped to the years both series publish; earlier history stays on each indicator’s own page. Read the values, not the heights.
Oil demand displaced by electric vehicles
Unit: million barrels per day · 2 observations
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| Period | Electric car sales | Oil demand displaced by electric vehicles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17 million IEA | 1 million barrels per day IEA |
| 2025 | 20 million IEA | 1.7 million barrels per day IEA |
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Where these numbers come from
Electric car sales
New battery-electric and plug-in hybrid electric passenger cars sold in the region during the calendar year.
2 observations charted in Global (of 3 annual records) · source organisations: IEA
Oil demand displaced by electric vehicles
Reduction in the region's oil demand attributable to its electric vehicle stock, in barrels per day.
2 observations charted in Global (of 3 annual records) · source organisations: IEA
Data published under CC BY 4.0. Series A as JSON · Series B as JSON
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