In China electric cars are 53% of new cars, and coal makes 55% of the electricity
In Norway electric cars are 97% and the grid has no coal. In India, 4% and 71%. A kilowatt-hour in China came with 528 g of CO₂ in 2025, in Norway 28 g.
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An electric car charges from the same grid as homes. Norway's grid runs almost entirely on water and wind; in China coal plants make over half the electricity, in India over two thirds. The card sets the shares side by side and does not compute car emissions.
Pairs of bars by country: blue is electric cars' share of new car sales in 2025, orange is coal's share of electricity generation in the same year, in percent.
- Norway: Electric cars: share of new car sales % of new car sales
2025: 97
- Norway: Coal share of electricity % of generation
2025: 0
- Norway: Carbon intensity of electricity g CO2e per kWh
2025: 28
- China: Electric cars: share of new car sales % of new car sales
2025: 53
- China: Coal share of electricity % of generation
2025: 54.8
- China: Carbon intensity of electricity g CO2e per kWh
2025: 528
- India: Electric cars: share of new car sales % of new car sales
2025: 4
- India: Coal share of electricity % of generation
2025: 70.9
- India: Carbon intensity of electricity g CO2e per kWh
2025: 671
Electric cars: IEA Global EV Data Explorer, battery-electric and plug-in hybrids, light vehicles. Coal and carbon intensity (g CO₂e per kWh): Ember, by generation.
A share of sales is not a share of the fleet: far more cars on the road still burn fuel. Carbon intensity is the grid average, not the charge of a given car. No life-cycle comparison with petrol cars is made here.
A question for this picture
How fast is coal's share falling in China?