Electric cars as a share of new car sales

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20%

European Union · 2024

Electric cars as a share of new car sales in the European Union stood at 20% in 2024 (IEA).

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Publisher
IEA
Authority tier
T1 Official
Locator
Executive summary
Retrieved
14 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

Europe saw sales stagnate in 2024 as subsidy schemes and other supportive policies waned, but the sales share of electric cars remained around 20% as stronger sales in some countries compensated for lower sales in others.

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APA
International Energy Agency. (2025). Global EV Outlook 2025. Retrieved September 14, 2026, from https://www.iea.org/reports/global-ev-outlook-2025/executive-summary. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_XE509MK73M4Z2PXBW5WVZXN292
MLA
International Energy Agency. "Global EV Outlook 2025." 2025, https://www.iea.org/reports/global-ev-outlook-2025/executive-summary. Accessed 14 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_XE509MK73M4Z2PXBW5WVZXN292.
Chicago
International Energy Agency. "Global EV Outlook 2025." 2025. https://www.iea.org/reports/global-ev-outlook-2025/executive-summary. Accessed September 14, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_XE509MK73M4Z2PXBW5WVZXN292.
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@misc{iea2025saleszxn292, author = {{International Energy Agency}}, title = {Global EV Outlook 2025}, year = {2025}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_XE509MK73M4Z2PXBW5WVZXN292}, note = {Original source: https://www.iea.org/reports/global-ev-outlook-2025/executive-summary. Accessed September 14, 2026.} }

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Publisher
International Energy Agency · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
Report
Global EV Outlook 2025
Type
Report
Published
14 May 2025
Locator
Executive summary
Retrieved
14 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
Proprietary report; figure taken from its public summary

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Verified
Review protocol
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Checked on
17 September 2026
Last revision
17 September 2026
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