Total spending on electric cars

RecordSTO-01M2HY9T5Y-8Q942ASAAP-R3YCE5

about860 billionUSD
estimate

Global · 2025

Total spending on electric cars worldwide was about 860 billion USD in 2025 (IEA).

Original source
Publisher
IEA
Authority tier
T1 Official
Locator
Trends in electric cars - Government support for electric car sales
Retrieved
14 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

total spending on electric cars globally has grown continuously, to reach about USD 860 billion in 2025.

International Energy Agency, Global EV Outlook 2026, Trends in electric cars - Government support for electric car sales

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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/trends-in-electric-cars. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2HY9T5Y8Q942ASAAPR3YCE5

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MLA
International Energy Agency. "Global EV Outlook 2026." 2026, https://www.iea.org/reports/global-ev-outlook-2026/trends-in-electric-cars. Accessed 14 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2HY9T5Y8Q942ASAAPR3YCE5.
Chicago
International Energy Agency. "Global EV Outlook 2026." 2026. https://www.iea.org/reports/global-ev-outlook-2026/trends-in-electric-cars. Accessed September 14, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2HY9T5Y8Q942ASAAPR3YCE5.
BibTeX
@misc{iea2026industryr3yce5, author = {{International Energy Agency}}, title = {Global EV Outlook 2026}, year = {2026}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2HY9T5Y8Q942ASAAPR3YCE5}, note = {Original source: https://www.iea.org/reports/global-ev-outlook-2026/trends-in-electric-cars. Accessed September 14, 2026.} }

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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
Trends in electric cars - Government support for electric car sales
Retrieved
14 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
CC by 4.0

Verification

Status
Verified
Review protocol
gemini-3.8-flash via evidence-audit-v1
Checked on
1 October 2026
Last revision
2 October 2026
Permanent URL
/stat/stat_01M2HY9T5Y8Q942ASAAPR3YCE5