In 2020, the number of plug-in electric vehicles which have been sold worldwide passed 10 million. 2019 and 2020 alone accounted for half of that total, with over 2 million units sold in 2019 and over 3 million in 2020. While the numbers increased almost everywhere on Earth in 2020 compared to 2019, the most spectacular growth occurred in Europe, where, for the first time in many years, more EV's were sold than in China. Europe and China each saw sales of over 1.3 million units in 2020, with Europe just barely edging China out.
But the most spectacular story in these 2020 statistics is that less than 600 thousand EV's were sold in Europe in 2019. Year-on-year, 2020 saw more than twice as many sales as 2019. Making the story even more spectacular is the fact that overall vehicle sales in Europe (including the gas- and diesel-burners) were 20% less in 2020 than in 2019.
The hottest-selling EV model in Europe right now appears to be the Volkswagen ID3.
In October, the most recent month for which I can find these statistics, the ID3 edged out the previous leader, the Renault Zoe, with over 10,000 units sold.
Two other things the ID.3 and the Zoe have in common: they both have been getting rave reviews from almost every auto reviewer who's tested them, and neither one is currently for sale in the US. A lot of us Murrkins hope the second thing changes soon.
A very common phrase in those ID3 reviews, perhaps the single most-often heard phrase, are words to the effect that "The more I drive this car, the better I like it."
A little over 325 thousand EV's were sold in the US in 2020, and the rest of the world outside of China, Europe and the US saw sales of less than 200 thousand.
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