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The Global Electric-Car Surge
On the timeline · around the 2020s ·
What happened
By the mid-2020s the electric car had gone mainstream. Global sales of electric vehicles reached a record 17.1 million in 2024, up about 25 percent on the year before. China dominated the market with some 11 million sold — more than the whole world had bought only two years earlier — while growth was slower in Europe.
Why it matters
A century after cheap petrol pushed the early electric car aside, electric vehicles are once again reshaping the industry — the biggest change in how cars are powered since the age of Ford, and the leading edge of efforts to cut transport's carbon emissions.
Sources
- Anadolu Agency. Global electric vehicle sales reach record 17.1M in 2024 · Reputable source