(Oilandgaspress) –– The number of electric cars is continuing to rise rapidly worldwide, according to the latest research out of Germany.
The Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research (ZSW) reported on Sunday that there were around 42 million cars with electric motors at the end of 2023 – some 50% more than a year earlier.
This figure includes purely electric vehicles, plug-in hybrids and electric vehicles with a range extender.
According to the ZSW, there were 23.4 million of these cars in China, more than half of the global stock.
Number two is the United States, although it was far behind with 4.8 million vehicles.
Germany is in third place with 2.3 million, ahead of France and the United Kingdom with 1.6 and 1.5 million respectively.
The largest manufacturers of pure electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids in 2023 were the Chinese brand BYD with just over 3 million new registrations, Tesla with 1.8 million and VW with 1 million.
BMW was in sixth place with just under 570,000 vehicles and Mercedes in 10th place with just over 400,000.
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