01-04-2022, 11:53 AM
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NEW YORK, Dec 29 ― SUV sales have reached a new record in 2021, with a market share of 45 per cent worldwide. While this boom in sales looks to be somewhat of a setback in efforts to reduce CO2 emissions, it's important to note that nearly half of the models sold this year are electric, either 100 per cent electric or plug-in hybrid. It's a statistic that bodes well for a segment which has never seen such popularity and such a range of choices.
For 2021, SUVs alone account for almost half of all car sales worldwide (45 per cent). They are currently particularly popular in the United States, Europe and India.
At a time when automakers are moving more or less rapidly to all-electric, there has never been more choice on the market for electric SUVs. Nearly one in two SUVs sold worldwide is now an electric vehicle. This is obviously still a drop in a bucket for a global fleet where combustion engine vehicles represent 98 per cent, but the trend is showing a change in direction.
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