~43% Of World’s Electric Cars Bought In 2014

We already wrote about the recent ZSW report that found that the world electric car market was up to 740,000 at the end of 2014. Other cool stats noted there included:

• China saw 54,000 electric cars registered in 2014, a growth of 120%.
• The US grew 69% to hit 290,000 total electric cars, about 39% of all electric cars on the road.
• Japan grew 45% to hit 110,000 total electric cars.
• The overall global electric car market saw a growth of 76%.

However, we missed sharing a big one, but thanks to reve putting it in a headline and a hat tip from Bob Wallace, we’re getting it now. Actually, you just saw it in the title: ~43% of the world’s electric cars were bought in 2014.

Another stat reve pulled out of the report was that Norway’s 43,400 electric car fleet (which was approximately doubled in 2014) now makes up ~1.6% of the country’s cars. For more on why, see:

Top-Selling Cars In Norway Now Electric Cars (Two Months In A Row) — 4 Reasons Why

Norwegian Electric Car User Findings (10 Charts)

One more time, here are the three key charts from the ZSW report: