Number of Electric Vehicles on Roads Reaches Three Million: IEA (reuters.com)

The number of electric vehicles on roads worldwide rose to a record high of 3.1 million in 2017, but more research, policies and incentives are needed to drive further uptake, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said. From a report: The number of electric cars, including battery-electric, plug-in hybrid electric and fuel cell electric passenger light-duty vehicles, increased by 57 percent compared with 2016, the IEA said in a report. China accounted for 40 percent of the global total last year. Research and development, policy support, charging infrastructure investment and production improvements are resulting in lower battery costs and higher electric vehicle (EV) uptake.

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Did you know that 90% of all EVs...

[Anonymous Coward]

...sold are still on the road? The other 10% made it home.

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Gas Policies and incentives

[Comboman]

You mean like the the 5 trillion dollars per year that is subsidizing the fossil fuel industry?

Re:Yep, dominated by China

[crimson tsunami]

You are full of shit LynwoodLiar. Average range of electric vehicles in China is 103 miles Or 3 times your bullshit number.

Re:The Windows Phone of cars

[Oswald McWeany]

Actually a large percentage of electric vehicles are coal powered. Electric is only good for the environment if your electric power comes from non-fossil fuel sources.

It's still more efficient and uses less fossil fuels to produce energy at a centralized location at big plants than it is on-site in tiny little car engines. Sure, electric cars powered from solar power are responsible for less pollution than one's powered by coal plants... but both are less polluting than your average internal combustion engine.