• Battery-electric vehicle sales worldwide 2021

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It is expected that battery-electric vehicles will account for 66 percent of electric vehicle sales worldwide in 2021. Sales of battery electric vehicles are tipped to reach around 3.5 million units in 2021, while 2020 saw sales of between 2.2 and 2.3 million battery-electric vehicles.

Battery-electric vehicle sales worldwide from 2016 to 2021 (in million units)

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2021

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Worldwide

Survey time period

2016 to 2021

Supplementary notes

The 2019, 2020 and 2021 values are a Statista calculation based on Frost & Sullivan's estimates: Battery-electric vehicles are projected to account for 68 percent of the over 2.8 million electric vehicles that are expected to be sold in 2019. Battery-electric vehicles accounted for 69.4 percent of the over 3.2 million electric vehicles sold in 2020. Battery-electric vehicles are projected to account for 66 percent of the over 5.3 million electric vehicles that are expected to be sold in 2021.
The values for 2016 through 2018 were provided by the EV VolumesData Center.