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Sales of electric cars rose 143% to 1,337 thousand in the European Union in 2020, according to ACEA.
Historically, sales of electric cars in the European Union reached an all time high of 1,337 thousand in 2020 and an all time low of 24.6 thousand in 2013.
European Union has been ranked th within the group of 29 countries we follow in terms of sales of electric cars.
Sales of Total Chargeable Electric Vehicles | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
Canada | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5.07 | 6.96 | 11.6 | 16.7 | 44.2 | ... | ||||
China | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 73.2 | 207 | 336 | 579 | 1,081 | ... | ||||||
European Union | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 70.0 | 148 | 207 | 287 | 378 | |||
Germany | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 13.1 | 23.6 | 25.2 | 54.6 | 67.7 | |||||||
India | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1.00 | 0.450 | 2.00 | 1.20 | 2.10 | ... | ||||||||
Japan | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 32.3 | 24.7 | 24.7 | 54.1 | 49.8 | ... | ||||||
Mexico | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Russia | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
South Korea | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1.26 | 3.30 | 5.02 | 14.6 | 34.9 | ... | |||||
USA | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 119 | 114 | 160 | 198 | 361 | ... |