Electric vehicle adoption is accelerating across both wealthy and developing countries, signalling a major shift toward cleaner transport worldwide.
China is rapidly replacing diesel trucks with electric models, cutting fuel use and emissions in one of the world’s largest freight markets.
China’s Yangtze River is rapidly becoming a fully electrified shipping corridor, as new battery-powered bulk carriers and charging ports turn inland trade into a clean-energy network.
Global electric vehicle sales rose by 15% year-on-year and 5% month-on-month in August 2025 — proof that the transition to clean transport is accelerating.
Global electric vehicle sales have grown by 28 percent from January to May of 2025 compared to the same period in 2024.
It is officially easier to find an electric vehicle charger than a gas pump in the state of California.
According to estimates, China could reach its peak in crude oil imports in 2027, partly due to the rising number of electric and hybrid vehicles, three years earlier than the forecast set for global oil demand peaking.
Thanks to concerted efforts to encourage its population to purchase electric vehicles, Norway is on its way to establishing the world’s first fully electric car market.
The Chinese multinational manufacturing company BYD has produced its ten millionth new energy vehicle, a world’s first in the automotive industry, and is expanding its production outside China.
September 2024 saw a new record for electric vehicle sales.
