The given bar graph describes the number of electric cars sold in China, Western Europe, the USA, and Japan between 2012 and 2016.
In an overview, it is clear that electric car sales increased over the years. Moreover, China had sold the most electric vehicles, while Japan had the least number of sales.
In 2012, China and the USA had sold more than 50,000 electric cars, which inclined marginally in the following year to nearly 75,000. As years progressed, sales of battery-powered cars surged significantly in 2015, which accounted for 150,000 and over 100,000 in China and the USA, respectively. Furthermore, in 2016, China had the highest sales in electric motors, which doubled and reached 300,000. Similarly, the USA had almost 200,000 sales in 2016.
Japan and Western Europe sold roughly 50,000 vehicles at first, and then both countries increased their sales minimally above 50,000 in the next year. In 2015, Western Europe had a trade of 125,000 electric motors, and Japan had approximately 75,000 car sales. In the last year, the sales of electric cars grew to 200,000 for the former and 100,000 for the latter.