EV Volumes
Help & Support
From reliable sales and share tracking at the finest level of granularity to specialist information on battery demand and technology, we’ve got the intel to provide a complete understanding of the electric vehicle market.
FAQs
How many countries are you tracking?
Over 110 and counting, across the top markets where electric vehicles are sold.
How often are your databases updated?
It varies from database to database. Our light vehicle (LV) registration databases are updated monthly while our forecast products are updated quarterly and the commercial-vehicle (CV) forecast annually.
You can check the granularity and update frequency for each product here:


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Abbreviations explained
| Abbreviation | Meaning |
| LV | Light vehicles (PC & LCV) |
| PC | Passenger cars |
| LCV | Light commercial vehicles (including pick-ups) |
| CV | Commercial vehicle (including LCV) |
| MHCV | Medium and heavy commercial vehicles |
| HCV | Heavy commercial vehicles |
| BEV | Battery-electric vehicle |
| PHEV | Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle |
| MHEV | Mild hybrid electric vehicle |
| FHEV | Full hybrid electric vehicle |
| FCEV | Fuel-cell electric vehicle |
| VIO | Vehicles in operation (i.e. vehicles on the road) |
What are your sources?
The information presented on this site and in the Data Center comes from hundreds of public sources. We consolidate the facts, keep them up-to-date and make them available in a globally consistent manner. Here are the most important and frequently used in each of our areas.
For Sales Volumes:
- EV-sales blog by Jose Pontes
- Best Selling Cars Blog
- ACEA for Europe total market volumes
- Bureau of Economic Analysis for USA total market volumes
- The DeRosiers Report
- Left Lane
- GoodCarBadCar.net
- Trading Economics for China passenger car market totals
- JAMA for Japan passenger car volumes
- Several national vehicle registration offices
- OEM contacts
- Marklines
For Vehicle Information:
- China Auto Web
- OEM websites
- Radovan Varicak, Motor Forecast
- CarScoops.com
- Gizmag
- Auto Motor & Sport
- Autobild
- Car & Driver
- Further 20 Automotive Magazines in 15 countries
- Green Car Repors
- Next Green Car
- InsideEVs.com
- Car News China
- China Daily
- PluginCars.com
- HybridCars.com
- Gas2.org
- CleanTechnica.com
- EVobsession.com
- OMEV, Sweden
- TheCarConnection.com
- DOE-EPA
- TheKoreanCarBlog
- Green Car Congress
- Autoblog.com
- Titleproloans.com
- Driving Ethically: Understanding the sustainability of electric cars
For Vehicle Parc:
- Cumulative sales from our databases
- National offices for country statistics
- OECD
For Energy Prices:
For Charging Infrastructure