Electric cars as a share of new car sales vs Oil demand displaced by electric vehicles
In 2025, electric cars as a share of new car sales worldwide was 25%; 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 2030 . 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.
Electric cars as a share of new car sales
Unit: % · 4 observations
Forecast: dashed line, hollow markers, shaded band
Oil demand displaced by electric vehicles
Unit: million barrels per day · 3 observations
Forecast: dashed line, hollow markers, shaded band Estimates are listed as such in the table below
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| Period | Electric cars as a share of new car sales | Oil demand displaced by electric vehicles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20% IEA | 1 million barrels per day IEA |
| 2025 | 25% IEA | 1.7 million barrels per day IEA |
| 2030 both forecasts | 40% IEA | 5 million barrels per day IEA |
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Where these numbers come from
Electric cars as a share of new car sales
Battery-electric and plug-in hybrid passenger cars as a percentage of all new passenger car sales in the region during the calendar year.
4 observations charted in Global (of 5 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.
3 observations charted in Global · source organisations: IEA
Data published under CC BY 4.0. Series A as JSON · Series B as JSON
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