Electric vehicles are expected to outsell cars with internal combustion engines in China for the first time next year, in a historic inflection point that puts the world’s biggest car market years ahead of western rivals.

China “will add nearly twice as many EV sales next year as the rest of the world combined," predicts Rho Motion's Will Roberts.

China accounted for nearly 80 per cent of Electronic Vehicle growth globally, according to a report by the International Energy Agency (IEA).