Electric car sales
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13 million
China · 2025
Electric car sales in China totalled 13 million in 2025 (IEA).
- Publisher
- IEA
- Authority tier
- T1 Official
- Report
- Global EV Outlook 2026
- Locator
- Trends in electric cars
- Retrieved
- 14 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
More than 13 million electric cars were sold in China in 2025, maintaining its position as the world's largest electric car market, accounting for six out of ten electric cars sold globally.
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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_1AEM15SMZF7TGGBQ2QDTH7GYE8
- 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_1AEM15SMZF7TGGBQ2QDTH7GYE8.
- 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_1AEM15SMZF7TGGBQ2QDTH7GYE8.
- BibTeX
- @misc{iea2026salesh7gye8, author = {{International Energy Agency}}, title = {Global EV Outlook 2026}, year = {2026}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_1AEM15SMZF7TGGBQ2QDTH7GYE8}, 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
- Retrieved
- 14 September 2026
- Link status
- Reachable (HTTP 200)
- Report licence
- Proprietary report; figure taken from its public summary
Verification & Integrity
- Audit status
- Verified
- Review protocol
- Editorial review
- Checked on
- 17 September 2026
- Last revision
- 17 September 2026
- Archival URI
- /stat/stat_1AEM15SMZF7TGGBQ2QDTH7GYE8