Global electric vehicle sales slow in the first quarter of 2026

Markets witnessed sales of Electric carsin the world, there is a slowdown in the weakness of the numbers. In China, which is the largest market for electric cars; It recorded 1.32 million electric cars, a decrease of 20% compared to the previous year, and in America the decline was relatively more severe, reaching 23%, reaching about 233 thousand cars.

Increases in other regions of the world were not able to compensate for this decline, although Salesin Europe – specifically in the European Union, Britain, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland – rose by 26% to reach about 724 thousand cars.

Among the driving factors for this was the achievement of Strongsales in Germany and France.

Despite the decline in absolute numbers, electric cars continued to enhance their importance globally, and among the reasons for this was that sales of traditional cars with combustion engines fell by 8%, which is a much larger decline.

The market share of electric cars reached about 16%, which is the highest level recorded in any first quarter.