The IEA says that massive bike electrification has been going on there since the late 1990s. Where are all these e-cycles and e-tuktuks/rickshaws rolling around that we haven’t noticed them till now? Far and away, most e-bikes are found in China. Recently, and quite belatedly, the footprint-research world has “discovered” that electrification of low-speed 2- and 3-wheelers may have displaced far more oil demand than all electric cars/buses/etc. Put another way, the volume increase in EV sales in China accounted for about two-thirds of the total global increase. Not only does it have world-dominating volumes - with ~6 million EVs deployed domestically and many hundreds of thousands exported - but its EV share nearly doubled from 15% to >29%. Yes, 22 points, just like last year, separate China and the silver medalist.
This has landed Sweden a bunch of points, in addition to its own market share advancing the most last year in its world-leading region of Scandinavia, from 41.7% to 51.5%. This is a huge step forward: unless I’m mistaken, Northvolt is the only major EV battery maker headquartered (and with its core operations) outside of East Asia. In 2022, its long-awaited Ett (One) battery plant started delivering EV batteries to automakers. Northvolt, Hydro’s partner in the Norwegian recycling plant, is the main reason for Sweden’s first-ever silver medal. That factory is a joint venture between Norway’s Hydro, and … Silver Medal! Sweden (4th in 2021) - 73 Points In my humble opinion, every country from a few million people upwards should have one of these eventually. But Norway’s main score boost last year was actually thanks to launching Europe’s largest (to date) EV battery recycling plant. 17% in 2021).Īfter a year’s lull, Norway resumed serious bus electrification efforts, with ~300 deployed BEVs, which, per IEA, was nearly half of the new buses delivered in the country.
Also, the LCV segment was still not catching up fast enough, with 23% share (vs. As Max Holland keeps reminding us, it’ll be hard to close in on 100% without more affordable supply. Its passenger+LCV share increased last year only from 75% to 79%, vs. Norway, longtime EV share leader and perennial silver medalist here (except for Gold in 2020 and a retroactive co-Gold in 2014), is starting to face this challenge. When you’re beginning to approach 100% passenger EV market share, you’re close to maximizing your score - unless you start branching out into other aspects of the EV revolution. Part 1 can be found here.īy Assaf Oron Bronze Medal! Norway (2nd in 2021) - 72 Points This is the second part of a two-part look at the EV revolution around the world and which countries are leading it.
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