In just two years, 2013 to 2015, the number of electric cars worldwide more than doubled. And in the following two years, 2015 to 2017, the number more than doubled again, to just over 3 million. This exponential growth means that electric vehicles (EVs)* will soon make up a large portion of the global car fleet. This week’s graph is reprinted from Global EV Outlook 2018 , the latest in a series of annual reports compiled by the International Energy Agency (IEA). The graphs below show IEA projections of the number of EVs in the world by 2030 under two scenarios. The first, the “New Policies Scenario,” takes into account existing and announced national policies. Under this scenario, the number of EVs on the road is projected to reach 125 million by 2030. The second scenario is called “EV30@30.” This scenario is based on the assumption that governments will […]