Soaring fuel prices due to the Mideast war have supercharged sales of electric cars in the second quarter, the International Energy Agency said Thursday. "Despite a challenging backdrop for the global car market, sales of electric cars surged in the second quarter of this year as the energy crisis sparked by the war in the Middle East brought fuel price volatility back into sharp focus," it said.

A surge in worldwide EV sales is shaping up as the leading low-carbon impact of the Mideast Gulf crisis — with China as the main beneficiary.

Quarterly sales of electric cars break records in several key markets amid energy crisis - News from the International Energy Agency