In second place was Germany (up 70 per cent) followed by France (up 30 per cent). The figures also show that interest across the continent was split fairly evenly between hybrid vehicles (36,836) and all-electric cars (38,495), with the total number of registrations representing just 0.6 percent of the overall market. It shows Europe is proportionally similar to the US in electric car adoption, with sales in the States at around 119,710 in 2014 - just over 0.7 percent of the market
