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Share of new electric cars that are fully battery-electric

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Source
International Energy Agency. Global EV Outlook 2025. – processed by Our World in Data
Last updated
May 20, 2026
Date range
2010–2025
Unit
%

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International Energy Agency. Global EV Outlook 2025. – electric_cars_iea

Retrieved on
May 20, 2026
Retrieved from
https://www.iea.org/reports/global-ev-outlook-2026
Citation
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IEA (2026), Global EV Outlook 2026, IEA, Paris https://www.iea.org/reports/global-ev-outlook-2026, Licence: CC BY 4.0
Retrieved on
May 20, 2026
Retrieved from
https://www.iea.org/reports/global-ev-outlook-2026
Citation
This is the citation of the original data obtained from the source, prior to any processing or adaptation by Our World in Data. To cite data downloaded from this page, please use the suggested citation given in Reuse This Work below.
IEA (2026), Global EV Outlook 2026, IEA, Paris https://www.iea.org/reports/global-ev-outlook-2026, Licence: CC BY 4.0

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“Data Page: Share of new electric cars that are fully battery-electric”. Our World in Data (2026). Data adapted from International Energy Agency. Global EV Outlook 2025.. Retrieved from https://archive.ourworldindata.org/20260520-083418/grapher/bev-share-new-ev.html [online resource] (archived on May 20, 2026).

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International Energy Agency. Global EV Outlook 2025. – processed by Our World in Data

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International Energy Agency. Global EV Outlook 2025. – processed by Our World in Data. “Share of new electric cars that are fully battery-electric” [dataset]. International Energy Agency. Global EV Outlook 2025., “electric_cars_iea” [original data]. Retrieved May 20, 2026 from https://archive.ourworldindata.org/20260520-083418/grapher/bev-share-new-ev.html (archived on May 20, 2026).

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