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.
  • Warl0k3@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    před 1 hodinou

    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.

    (source)

  • Pirasp@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    před 44 minutami

    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…

    • FlexibleToast@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      před 16 minutami

      You don’t need a fast charger at home. But if you live in apartment or something, then yeah you’re out of luck.

    • reddig33@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      před 37 minutami

      You can use an app/site like PlugShare to see if there are any nearby chargers.

      https://www.plugshare.com/

      Keep in mind that you can plug an EV into a standard outlet and add between 40 snd 80 miles to the tank overnight. You don’t have to install a special charger.

      Hope this helps.

      • Pirasp@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        před 27 minutami

        Believe me, I would love to be getting an EV. I live in an upstairs Appartement to, and have a parking spot that is about 5m away from the nearest structure, let alone outlet. I hope the charger situation improves within the next year, because that’s about all the time I can give it. Thanks for the link btw, but it only confirmed that there are no viable chargers close by.

    • Grimy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      před 6 minutami

      Silver lining of the war in Ukraine and Iran. I hope the straight stays closed for a decade.