Fuel Price Shock Pushes Global Gas Car Sales Below 50% for First Time | OilPrice.com
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The share of gasoline cars in global vehicle sales fell below 50% for the first time ever as the Hormuz shock and the resulting record-high fuel prices accelerated the previously sluggish shift toward EVs outside China.
  • Pirasp@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 minute ago

    And here I am, looking for a new gasoline car because I can neither charge at home nor at work. There aren’t even any fast chargers around as far as I know…

  • Warl0k3@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    19 minutes ago

    Hell, they’re doing so well EVs were more than 25% of cars sold in the US last quarter - and even at that low percentage, total unit sales of EVs in the US was second only to China.

    Retail sales of the battery-electric (BEV) and plug-in hybrid (PHEV) models qualifying for the incentive fell 26.6% and 13.9% year over year, respectively. Even with those declines, electrified vehicles, including BEVs, PHEVs and hybrids (HEVs), accounted for 26.9% of U.S. retail sales in the second quarter of 2026, according to Urban Science’s daily new-vehicle sales data through June 30, 2026.

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