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Year-on-Year EV Sales Growth in Key Markets
Percentage increase in electric vehicle sales across selected countries following global fuel price hikes.
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From Australia to Vietnam, the Iran war is fuelling demand for EVs ...
Sydney, Australia – Until recently, Rosco Jewell sold about one used electric vehicle every two months on his online marketplace, Amazing EV.But in the weeks since the United States and Israel launched their war on Iran, Jewell has been shifting a second-hand EV roughly every two weeks.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Iran’s foreign minister leaves Pakistan, heads to Russia for more talkslist 2 of 4Video: Israeli ‘ceasefire’ violations on the rise in Gazalist 3 of 4Oil prices rise amid stalled US-Iran peace talkslist 4 of 4Satellite images show scale of Israeli destruction of south Lebanon townsend of list“It is now getting very hard to find used EVs to buy in the $20,000 to $50,000 range. And we’ve also seen prices increase by 10 to 15 percent – in some cases, 20 percent as well,” the Sydney-based businessman told Al Jazeera.As conflict in the Middle East drives petrol and diesel prices worldwide, demand for EVs has been surging in numerous countries.The United States and China, the world’s two largest economies, have both seen a surge in EV sales after market slumps in 2025.Chinese manufacturers reported an 82.6 percent rise in month-on-month sales in March, according to the China Automotive Dealers Association.US EV sales last month topped 82,000 units, down by one quarter year over year, but up by more than 20 percent from February, according to Cox Automotive.A BYD logo is seen during the Shanghai auto show in Shanghai, China, on April 23, 2025 [Ng Han Guan/AP]In Vietnam, local EV brand Vinfast reported a 127 percent rise in year-on-year sales in March.Euan Graham, an analyst at the energy think tank Ember, said the war on Iran has accelerated a trend of growing EV adoption in emerging markets, including Southeast Asia, spurred by past energy shocks such as the war in Ukraine.“We’re now in a period in the 2020s where we’ve seen two fossil fuel shocks, one after the other,” Graham told Al Jazeera, referring to the energy crunch that followed Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine.“What usually happens, based on past examples… is countries look for alternative solutions, and in the 2020s, there are increasingly competitive alternative solutions, and EVs are one of them,” Graham said.“So I would really expect this to be a kind of permanent shift in the pace of EV adoption in a number of countries,” he added.Elsewhere in Asia, Japan’s EV sales nearly tripled year-on-year last month, while South Korea saw domestic purchases surge by 172 ...
Nations ramp up energy shifts as Iran war disrupts fuel flows
Nations ramp up energy shifts as Iran war disrupts fuel flows The war in Iran and closure of the Strait of Hormuz have triggered one of the largest oil supply shocks in history, forcing countries ...
How the Iran energy crisis is supercharging Southeast Asia's EV ...
Southeast Asia's motorists are increasingly feeling the pinch as the Iran energy crisis extends into its eighth week. Fuel prices have soared across the region, and drivers are waiting in long ...
