One in four new cars is electric; China five times the US
Original title: One in four cars sold in 2025 was electric · Our World in Data · 23 May 2026
Fast-moving · data as of 23 May 2026
Chart: Our World in Data, CC BY 4.0
So what
EVs went from a rounding error in 2010 to a quarter of global new-car sales in 2025, more than doubling in four years. The split is stark: over half in China, a quarter in Europe, a tenth in the US, so incumbents face very different transition speeds by market. Automakers and suppliers need region-specific portfolios, and oil majors should read China's curve as an early signal for transport fuel demand.
| Label | Value | Unit | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norway EV share of new car sales | 97 | % | 2025 |
| China EV share of new car sales | 53 | % | 2025 |
| United Kingdom EV share of new car sales | 35 | % | 2025 |
| European Union (27) EV share of new car sales | 27 | % | 2025 |
| World EV share of new car sales | 25 | % | 2025 |
| United States EV share of new car sales | 10 | % | 2025 |
| Norway EV share of new car sales | 0.28 | % | 2010 |
| World EV share of new car sales | 0.012 | % | 2010 |
| United States EV share of new car sales | 0.012 | % | 2010 |
| China EV share of new car sales | 0.01 | % | 2010 |
| European Union (27) EV share of new car sales | 0.01 | % | 2010 |