I managed to track this down, it would appear that we are being lied to as to the growth of the electric car market.
Basically it has tanked for the past 3 years in Europe.
Total market share of electric vehicles in the European Union from 2011 to 2017, in percent
https://www.statista.com/statistics/...-in-eu-annual/
If you can't get above graph.
For years 2015/16/17
Battery EVs 0.43/0.43/0.54 %
Plug In Hybrid 0.65/0.65/0.64 %
Total EVs 1.08/1.07/1.18%
Not the startling growth apparently presented by the above original graphics when viewed in percentage terms of overall market share.