For the people that have a hard time reading the text in the graph:

• Global BEV & PHEV Sales ('000s)
• (green) Battery Electric Vehicles
• (blue) Plug-in Hybrids
• (red) EV Market Share
• 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016 - 2017 - 2018 - 2019 - 2020 - 2021 - 2022

We just want free stuff - communist Europe and all that

Agree: Diesel is cheaper and you get better mileage out of it. What’s not to love? That’s one of the reasons I got one in 2010 (a VW brand, 1.6 litres). Then I realised the problems with the fine particles. Today we have a petrol car and will move to electricity next, hopefully within 12 months.

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