Chart: A quarter of cars sold in 2025 will be battery-powered

Published on May 23, 2025

See more from Canary Media’s "Chart of the week” column . Despite challenges in key markets like the U.S., the global shift to battery-powered vehicles is moving along. Last year, more than one in five new cars sold worldwide were either fully electric or a plug-in hybrid vehicle (PHEV) , per a new International…

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