China and Japan are approaching an electrification rate of 30% and higher.

Omissions

• The claim groups China and Japan together as if both are near or above 30% electrification. In reality, China's EV share (~37% in 2025) is already well beyond 30%, while Japan's EV adoption rate is substantially lower — typically in the low single digits — making the grouping misleading.
• The IEA Global EV Outlook 2026 (published April 2026) was available before the session date, but its Japan-specific data was not directly retrievable from the search results. The 28% figure cited relates to a broader regional aggregate, not Japan individually.
• The term 'electrification rate' is ambiguous: the available data refers to the share of electric vehicles in new car sales, not the electrification share of total final energy consumption or the EV share of the total vehicle fleet, which would be lower figures.

Sources

• PrimaryIEA — Global EV Outlook 2026More than 13 million electric cars were sold in China in 2025, maintaining its position as the world's largest electric car market. Across the region, electric car sales numbered 1 million more in 2025 than in the previous year, reaching a total of 4.2 million, or 28% of all new cars sold.
• SecondaryTridenstechnology — Electric Car Sales StatisticsIn 2025 China led the market with over 11 million electric vehicles sold. In fact, the share of EV sales reached 37% of all cars sold in China.