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BloombergNEF's (BNEF) annual Electric Vehicle Outlook (EVO) expects over a quarter (27%) of cars sold globally in 2026 to be electric – up from 9% five years ago – and over half (52%) of all passenger vehicles to be electric by 2035.
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- Publisher
- BloombergNEF · homepage ↗
- Report
- BloombergNEF's Electric Vehicle Outlook 2026: Global EV Sales Set For Another Record-Breaking Year, But Growth in Some Major Markets Slows
- Type
- Press release
- Published
- 16 June 2026
- Locator
- Body text
- Retrieved
- 14 September 2026
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- Reachable
- Report licence
- Proprietary report; figure taken from its public summary
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- Checked on
- 15 September 2026
- Extraction confidence
- 85%
- Last change
- 15 September 2026
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| Value | Source organisation | Document | Locator | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28% | IEA | Global EV Outlook 2026 | Executive summary | Open record |
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- APA
- BloombergNEF. (2026). BloombergNEF's Electric Vehicle Outlook 2026: Global EV Sales Set For Another Record-Breaking Year, But Growth in Some Major Markets Slows. Retrieved 14 September 2026, from StatOrigin: https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2HY9T5Y8Q942ASAAPR3YCD2
- MLA
- BloombergNEF. "BloombergNEF's Electric Vehicle Outlook 2026: Global EV Sales Set For Another Record-Breaking Year, But Growth in Some Major Markets Slows." 2026, https://about.bnef.com/insights/clean-transport/bloombergnefs-electric-vehicle-outlook-2026-global-ev-sales-set-for-another-record-breaking-year-but-growth-in-some-major-markets-slows/. Accessed 14 September 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2HY9T5Y8Q942ASAAPR3YCD2.
- Chicago
- BloombergNEF. "BloombergNEF's Electric Vehicle Outlook 2026: Global EV Sales Set For Another Record-Breaking Year, But Growth in Some Major Markets Slows." 2026. https://about.bnef.com/insights/clean-transport/bloombergnefs-electric-vehicle-outlook-2026-global-ev-sales-set-for-another-record-breaking-year-but-growth-in-some-major-markets-slows/. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2HY9T5Y8Q942ASAAPR3YCD2.
- BibTeX
- @misc{bnef2026sales, author = {{BloombergNEF}}, title = {BloombergNEF's Electric Vehicle Outlook 2026: Global EV Sales Set For Another Record-Breaking Year, But Growth in Some Major Markets Slows}, year = {2026}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2HY9T5Y8Q942ASAAPR3YCD2}, note = {Original source: https://about.bnef.com/insights/clean-transport/bloombergnefs-electric-vehicle-outlook-2026-global-ev-sales-set-for-another-record-breaking-year-but-growth-in-some-major-markets-slows/. 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_01M2HY9T5Y8Q942ASAAPR3YCD2.