A high-resolution dataset on the electric passenger vehicle characteristics in China and the European Union

This dataset provides highly resolved market characteristics of electric passenger vehicles in China and the EU for 2023, calculated using a bottom-up multi-dataset fusion approach. The market characteristics include electric vehicle (EV) market penetration, segment mix, sales-weighted average battery capacity, and battery chemistry mix, and are highly resolved across spatial, segmental, and powertrain levels. The dataset covers 31 provinces and municipalities in China, as well as the 27 EU member states plus Iceland and Norway. Vehicles are classified into five segments based on wheelbase. Two EV types—Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) and Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV)—are distinguished, along with six battery chemistries: LFP, LMO, NCM-L, NCM-M, NCM-H, and NCA. Additionally, the dataset includes bottom-up characteristic calculation code for the EU as an example, together with a manually compiled EU EV specification table used as one of the inputs.