Fwd: Data Insight: Global sales of combustion engine cars peaked in 2017

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Date: jeu. 21 mai 2026, 17:12
Subject: Data Insight: Global sales of combustion engine cars peaked in 2017
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Forwarded this email? Subscribe here. To decarbonize road transport, the world must move away from petrol and diesel cars towards electric vehicles and other forms of low-carbon transport. This transition has already started. In fact, global sales of combustion engine cars are well past their peak and are now falling. As you can see in the chart, global sales peaked in 2017. This is calculated based on data from the International Energy Agency. Bloomberg New Energy Finance also estimated this peak occurred around that time. Sales of electric cars, on the other hand, are growing quickly. They more than doubled in the three years from 2022 to 2025. Explore the latest data on electric car sales across the world By Hannah Ritchie Browse our Data Insights Subscribe to The OWID Brief newsletter The OWID Brief keeps you up to date with our latest work and delivers curated highlights from across Our World in Data, twice a month. Subscribe to The OWID Brief The mission of Our World in Data is to make data and research on the world’s largest problems understandable and accessible. We are a nonprofit, building Our World in Data as a public good that’s freely available to everyone. Help us do more by supporting us with a donation. Donate now This email was sent to pratclif@gmail.com. You received this email because you opted in at ourworldindata.org. You can update your subscription preferences or unsubscribe from this list. Our World in Data · Urbanoid Workspace Oxford · 1&3 Kings Meadow · Oxford, OX2 0DP · United Kingdom