Electric Cars Making Inroads In China

China had the highest sales figures of any nation by far in 2017 with 579,000 EVs sold. The vehicles are starting to make inroads into China's highly competitive market and they had a 2.2 percent share of it in 2017. That's more than EVs have in the U.S. where their market share stood at 1.2 percent last year. In terms of sales, American customers bought 198,350 EVs in 2017 while France sold 118,770. Read more.