In 2021, the number of battery-only electric passenger cars in the EU countries reached 1.9 million (+76% compared with 2020: 1.1 million). The highest rate of increase in battery-only electric passenger cars in the period 2013-2021 was noted between 2019 and 2020 (+83%), followed by the increase in 2021 compared with 2020. The share of battery-only electric passenger cars in the total number of passenger cars grew from 0.02% in 2013 to 0.76% 2021. (....)