Change: fast, but slow
Almost 9% of all new cars sold last year were electric, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency, more than double the 4% that were electric the year before.
That's a big leap forward in relative terms, but in absolute terms is more modest. The 9% market share figure represents about 6.6 million actual new electric cars, a tiny, tiny fraction of the 1.3-1.4 billion cars that are estimated to be on the road around the world.
Tesla leads, just
The other interesting data point from this report is that Tesla still leads on electric car deliveries, selling 936k cars last year. That's ahead of VW Group's 763k and BYD's 598k (all of which came in China alone).
Recommended reading: The long road to electric cars.
