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Global electric car sales are expected to grow to 23 million in 2026, representing 28% of total car sales.
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Source
- Publisher
- International Energy Agency · homepage ↗
- Report
- Global EV Outlook 2026
- Type
- Report
- Published
- 20 May 2026
- Locator
- Executive summary
- Retrieved
- 14 September 2026
- Link status
- Reachable
- Report licence
- Proprietary report; figure taken from its public summary
Verification
- Status
- Verified · automated check
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- Automated check (quote contains value)
- Checked on
- 15 September 2026
- Extraction confidence
- 85%
- Last change
- 15 September 2026
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| Value | Source organisation | Document | Locator | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27% | 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 |
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- International Energy Agency. (2026). Global EV Outlook 2026. Retrieved 14 September 2026, from StatOrigin: https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2HY9T5X1WY6BSAM226AB0BX
- MLA
- International Energy Agency. "Global EV Outlook 2026." 2026, https://www.iea.org/reports/global-ev-outlook-2026/executive-summary. Accessed 14 September 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2HY9T5X1WY6BSAM226AB0BX.
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- International Energy Agency. "Global EV Outlook 2026." 2026. https://www.iea.org/reports/global-ev-outlook-2026/executive-summary. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2HY9T5X1WY6BSAM226AB0BX.
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- @misc{iea2026sales, 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 14 September 2026.} }
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Record last modified 15 September 2026. Value type: forecast. Update cadence: annual. This page is permanently addressable at statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2HY9T5X1WY6BSAM226AB0BX.