EU Electric Vehicle Sales Hit Record as Fuel Prices Surge

Record-high fuel prices and a record number of newly available affordable models have pushed electric vehicle sales in the European Union to an all-time high this year, Transport & Environment, a European advocacy group for clean transport and energy, said in a report on Monday. Between January and August, sales of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) soared by 45% from a year earlier to as many as 1.64 million units across the EU. In a landmark achievement, BEVs outsold gasoline-fueled cars for the first time over a full quarter in the second…