Electric cars as a share of global new car sales

27%
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Region Global Period 2026 Source BNEF Updated 15 Sep 2026
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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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BloombergNEF's Electric Vehicle Outlook 2026: Global EV Sales Set For Another Record-Breaking Year, But Growth in Some Major Markets Slows
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Press release
Published
16 June 2026
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14 September 2026
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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.
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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.
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@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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