Electric cars: Market is growing faster again worldwide

The consulting firm also sees a "renaissance" of electric cars in Europe. 1.2 million electric cars were sold here – a record for the first half of the year and an increase of 25 percent. Pressure from stricter CO₂ fleet limits may have contributed to this. Nevertheless, the continent continues to decline in importance as an electric car market – simply because other markets are growing even faster, especially China . The country can further expand its dominance, as sales there increased by 47 percent to just over 3.7 million BEVs.