Huge global disparities in ownership of electric cars, shows study

Europe and China dominate the world market for electric cars, but there are still very few electrified vehicles on the roads in large markets like Russia, South America and Africa, according to a study by the Munich Mobility Show.

Europe sold more new electrif­ied vehicles than China for the first time in 2020 and between them the two markets are home to more than 70 per cent of the 9.9 million electrified cars sold so far, the study shows.

Sales of electric and plug-in hy­brid cars in the European Union almost trebled to over 1 million ve­h­icles last year, accounting for over 10 per cent of overall sales.

The Munich Mobility Show — the revamped and expanded successor to the Frankfurt auto show, slated to be held in September —