Electric cars as a share of new car sales
RecordSTO-01M2HY9T5X-1WY6BSAM22-6AB0BX
Global · 2026
IEA projects electric cars as a share of new car sales worldwide at 28% in 2026.
Electric cars as a share of new car sales: every country and year, and how it is measured
- Publisher
- IEA
- Authority tier
- T1 Official
- Report
- Global EV Outlook 2026
- Locator
- Executive summary
- Retrieved
- 14 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified · automated check
What the source says
Global electric car sales are expected to grow to 23 million in 2026, representing 28% of total car sales.
Checked: the figure 28%is stated in this passage. If it does not match, the extraction is wrong and we want to know.
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APA
International Energy Agency. (2026). Global EV Outlook 2026. Retrieved September 14, 2026, from https://www.iea.org/reports/global-ev-outlook-2026/executive-summary. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2HY9T5X1WY6BSAM226AB0BX
Other formats: MLA, Chicago, BibTeX
- MLA
- International Energy Agency. "Global EV Outlook 2026." 2026, https://www.iea.org/reports/global-ev-outlook-2026/executive-summary. Accessed 14 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2HY9T5X1WY6BSAM226AB0BX.
- Chicago
- International Energy Agency. "Global EV Outlook 2026." 2026. https://www.iea.org/reports/global-ev-outlook-2026/executive-summary. Accessed September 14, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2HY9T5X1WY6BSAM226AB0BX.
- BibTeX
- @misc{iea2026sales6ab0bx, author = {{International Energy Agency}}, title = {Global EV Outlook 2026}, year = {2026}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2HY9T5X1WY6BSAM226AB0BX}, note = {Original source: https://www.iea.org/reports/global-ev-outlook-2026/executive-summary. Accessed September 14, 2026.} }
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Other sources disagree
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| Value | Divergence | Source organisation | Document | Locator | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27% | -1.0 pp | BNEF | BloombergNEF's Electric Vehicle Outlook 2026: Global EV Sales Set For Another Record-Breaking Year, But Growth in Some Major Markets Slows | Body text | Open record |
Provenance and verification
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Primary source
- Publisher
- International Energy Agency · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
- Report
- Global EV Outlook 2026
- Type
- Report
- Published
- 20 May 2026
- Locator
- Executive summary
- Retrieved
- 14 September 2026
- Link status
- Reachable (HTTP 200)
- Report licence
- CC by 4.0
Verification
- Status
- Verified · automated check
- Review protocol
- Automated check (quote contains value)
- Checked on
- 15 September 2026
- Last revision
- 15 September 2026
- Permanent URL
- /stat/stat_01M2HY9T5X1WY6BSAM226AB0BX