ChinaNew-energy sales fell 17% yet took a record 67% share.
Combustion-engine sales in China fell 43% in September as petrol prices rose after the Hormuz crisis.
Battery electric sales fell 8.5% and plug-in hybrids 36%, against 43% for combustion cars, China Passenger Car Association data show.
Overall passenger-car retail sales still fell 28% year-on-year, so the record share came from a shrinking market.
Brent crude stood at $111.20 a barrel on 22 October, up 1.3% in a week.
How each outlet framed it
- Carbon Brief
- shows NEV share rising even as total sales fall, attributing the shift to Hormuz-driven petrol prices and quantifying 143m barrels of offset oil demand
Sources: Carbon Brief