Road vehicles share of oil use

Road vehicles account for nearly half of global oil use, leaving the sector particularly exposed to fuel price volatility and supply disruptions.

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International Energy Agency. (2026). Quarterly sales of electric cars break records in several key markets amid energy crisis. Retrieved September 15, 2026, from https://www.iea.org/news/quarterly-sales-of-electric-cars-break-records-in-several-key-markets-amid-energy-crisis. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC054GEVGWHB4GWGE1P

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International Energy Agency. "Quarterly sales of electric cars break records in several key markets amid energy crisis." 2026, https://www.iea.org/news/quarterly-sales-of-electric-cars-break-records-in-several-key-markets-amid-energy-crisis. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC054GEVGWHB4GWGE1P.

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International Energy Agency. "Quarterly sales of electric cars break records in several key markets amid energy crisis." 2026. https://www.iea.org/news/quarterly-sales-of-electric-cars-break-records-in-several-key-markets-amid-energy-crisis. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC054GEVGWHB4GWGE1P.

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@misc{iea2026roadgwge1p, author = {{International Energy Agency}}, title = {Quarterly sales of electric cars break records in several key markets amid energy crisis}, year = {2026}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC054GEVGWHB4GWGE1P}, note = {Original source: https://www.iea.org/news/quarterly-sales-of-electric-cars-break-records-in-several-key-markets-amid-energy-crisis. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }

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