The populations of Germany, the U.K. and France are 83.26 million, 67.96 million and 64.86 million, respectively.

So when it comes to the purchase of EVs in those three countries, it might seem to be the case that they’d rank in that order.

Not so.

Schmidt Automotive Research has found that the U.K. is led EV acquisition in Q1 2024 for the first time ever.

The Q1 numbers for EV sales are:

• U.K.: 84,314
• Germany: 81,337
• France: 79,823

This means EVs represent 15.5% of the U.K. new car market.

And in the U.S. in Q1 2024?

EVs represented 7.15% of the new car market, less than half the take in the U.K.

And demographically, the population of the U.S. is 341.81 million, or 125.73 million more people than the Germany, the U.K. and France combined.