Electric vehicles are expected to outsell cars with internal combustion engines in China for the first time next year, in a historic inflection point that puts the world’s biggest car market years ahead of western rivals.

The EV bust, despite fears, didn’t happen this year. Throughout the year, automakers scaled back their EV plans, blaming lackluster customer demand. Even Tesla, the market leader in battery electric vehicles,

China accounted for nearly 80 per cent of Electronic Vehicle growth globally, according to a report by the International Energy Agency (IEA).