Electric cars as a share of Japan new car sales

3%
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Region Japan Period 2025 Source IEA Updated 15 Sep 2026
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Electric cars accounted for less than 3% of sales, while conventional hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) accounted for around one-third of all car sales in 2025.

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International Energy Agency · homepage ↗
Report
Global EV Outlook 2026
Type
Report
Published
20 May 2026
Locator
Trends in electric cars
Retrieved
14 September 2026
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Proprietary report; figure taken from its public summary

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International Energy Agency. (2026). Global EV Outlook 2026. Retrieved 14 September 2026, from StatOrigin: https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2HY9T5Y8Q942ASAAPR3YCC0
MLA
International Energy Agency. "Global EV Outlook 2026." 2026, https://www.iea.org/reports/global-ev-outlook-2026/trends-in-electric-cars. Accessed 14 September 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2HY9T5Y8Q942ASAAPR3YCC0.
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International Energy Agency. "Global EV Outlook 2026." 2026. https://www.iea.org/reports/global-ev-outlook-2026/trends-in-electric-cars. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2HY9T5Y8Q942ASAAPR3YCC0.
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@misc{iea2026japan, author = {{International Energy Agency}}, title = {Global EV Outlook 2026}, year = {2026}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2HY9T5Y8Q942ASAAPR3YCC0}, note = {Original source: https://www.iea.org/reports/global-ev-outlook-2026/trends-in-electric-cars. Accessed 14 September 2026.} }

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