Soaring fuel prices due to the Mideast war have supercharged sales of electric cars in the second quarter, the International Energy Agency said on July 30.

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.

With the oil price soaring amid the Iran war, drivers increasingly chose electric cars over internal combustion engines from April to June this year

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…