핵심요약

• 국제 유가는 3월부터 5월까지 배럴당 100달러 이상으로 급등했습니다.
• 중국의 EV 채택은 국가 석유 소비를 하루 150만 배럴 감소시켰습니다.
• 2024년 글로벌 신차 판매 중 전기차(EV) 비중은 20%에 도달했습니다.
• 중국은 2025년 판매 차량의 38%를 차지하며 글로벌 시장의 중심축으로 작용합니다.
• 미국과 중국의 EV 정책 변화는 시장에 급격한 영향을 미쳤습니다.

도입

본 기사는 지정학적 리스크가 에너지 가격을 상승시키고, 이것이 전기차 시장의 성장을 촉진하는 상호작용을 분석합니다. 투자자들은 이러한 거시 경제적 충격이 개별 국가의 정책과 공급망에 미치는 영향을 파악하여 미래 자동차 시장의 구조적 변화를 예측해야 합니다. 에너지 안보 위기가 기술 전환을 가속화하는 메커니즘을 이해하는 것은 장기적인 산업 투자 방향을 설정하는 데 필수적입니다.

본문 1: 지정학적 충격과 에너지 전환의 연관성

이란 분쟁으로 인한 국제 유가의 급등은 전 세계적인 에너지 비용 상승을 초래했으며, 이는 전기차에 대한 수요를 강화하는 직접적인 동인으로 작용했습니다. 에너지 위기는 단순히 연료 가격 상승을 의미하는 것을 넘어, 에너지 안보를 확보하기 위한 구조적인 전환을 요구합니다. 특히, 중국이 석유 수입을 줄이는 조치를 취했음에도 불구하고, 에너지 위기는 전기차의 필요성을 더욱 부각시켰습니다. 이는 화석 연료 의존도를 낮추고 에너지 효율을 높이려는 글로벌 추세와 일치합니다. IEA 보고서는 이러한 에너지 위기가 전기차를 에너지 안보 및 연료비 문제 해결의 대안으로 제시하며, 글로벌 자동차 시장의 전기화 흐름을 더욱 가속화할 것이라고 결론지었습니다. 즉, 지정학적 불안정성이 환경 및 에너지 정책 변화를 촉발하는 강력한 촉매제로 작용하는 것입니다.

본문 2: 지역별 정책과 시장 분화의 위험

전 세계 EV 시장의 성장은 중국과 미국이라는 두 거대 시장에 의해 주도되고 있으며, 이들 국가의 상이한 정책 방향은 시장에 복잡성을 더합니다. 중국은 EV 채택을 통해 에너지 소비를 줄이는 데 성공했으나, 미국에서는 연방 정부의 EV 세금 공제 철회와 같은 정책 변화가 단기적으로 EV 판매에 급격한 하락을 가져왔습니다. 이러한 지역별 정책의 차이는 글로벌 공급망과 투자 흐름에 불확실성을 야기합니다. 특히, 특정 국가의 정책 변화는 자동차 제조사의 생산 전략과 배터리 공급망에 직접적인 영향을 미치므로, 투자자들은 각국의 정책 변동성을 면밀히 모니터링해야 합니다. 이는 단순한 시장 성장을 넘어, 정책 리스크가 실질적인 판매량과 투자 수익률에 미치는 영향을 평가해야 함을 의미합니다.

본문 3: 장기적 관점의 구조적 전망과 리스크

전기차 시장의 장기적인 성장은 기술 발전과 정책의 지속성에 달려 있습니다. 현재의 EV 성장은 단기적인 에너지 위기에 의해 촉발되었으나, 장기적으로는 배터리 기술의 발전 속도와 충전 인프라 구축의 속도가 핵심 변수가 될 것입니다. 또한, 중국과 미국 간의 경쟁 구도가 심화되면서 기술 표준과 공급망 분리가 심화될 가능성이 높습니다. 향후 투자 관점에서 주목해야 할 부분은 정책의 일관성과 기술 혁신의 속도입니다. 에너지 위기가 일시적인 촉매제였다면, 지속 가능한 성장을 위해서는 안정적인 에너지 정책과 기술적 진보가 동시에 이루어져야 하며, 이는 잠재적인 공급망 병목 현상 및 기술 표준 경쟁이라는 새로운 위험을 내포하고 있습니다.

결론

에너지 위기는 전기차 시장의 잠재력을 입증하는 계기가 되었으며, 이는 장기적인 탈탄소화 추세에 힘을 실어주고 있습니다. 그러나 실제 시장 성장은 각국의 정책 일관성과 기술 혁신의 속도에 따라 크게 좌우될 것입니다. 투자자들은 단기적인 지정학적 충격보다는, 각국의 EV 정책의 장기적인 방향성과 배터리 기술 및 인프라 투자에 초점을 맞추어 미래 시장의 구조적 변화를 예측해야 합니다. 향후 정책의 변동성과 기술 경쟁 심화에 대한 지속적인 관찰이 필요합니다.

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Trump’s Iran war supercharged EV sales everywhere except the U.S. - Yale Climate Connections

Electric vehicle sales are a surprising beneficiary of the Trump presidency – at least outside of the United States.

The Iran conflict caused global oil prices to surge above $100 per barrel in March, April, and May of this year. Gasoline prices soon followed suit, exceeding $4 per gallon in the United States most days since April Fools’ Day.

As the biggest consumer of oil from the Middle East, Asia was hit hardest by its rising prices, shortages, and restrictions. But China’s measures to cut back on its oil imports have prevented global oil prices from escalating as high as many experts predicted.

Electric vehicles are one contributing factor. A recent analysis estimated that China’s rapid adoption of EVs has reduced the country’s oil consumption by 1.5 million barrels per day , or nearly 10%.

A new global electric car market report from the International Energy Agency, or IEA, also concluded that the Iran conflict and associated energy crisis “has clearly reinforced the case for EVs as a way to address energy security and fuel cost concerns,” and that it “may therefore further accelerate ongoing shifts in global car markets towards more electrification.”

The share of global new car sales that are electrified – meaning both fully electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids – has grown steadily in recent years, according to the IEA . In 2020, EVs represented under 5% of global new car sales. That share rose rapidly to 20% in 2024 and reached one-in-four new cars sold last year.

EV policies in China and the U.S. are a big deal, because 38% of all cars sold in 2025 were purchased in China and another 18% in the United States.

“China and the U.S. are such big markets in absolute terms that they shape the global picture,” explained Euan Graham, senior analyst at the energy think tank Ember, in an email.

As an example, EV sales abruptly slumped during the first two months of 2026, after Republicans eliminated the U.S. federal EV tax credit and China slashed its EV tax exemption .

But on the last day of February, the U.S. and Israel launched coordinated military strikes against Iran, which responded by shutting down the Strait of Hormuz, through which 20% of the global oil supply previously flowed.

The price of oil and refined fuels spiked, and interest in EVs followed. Since March, electric car sales have surged in Europe, Southeast Asia, Latin America, and Asia Pacific. In Europe , the world’s third-largest auto market, EVs now represent nearly 30% of new car sales. Their popularity has even begun to rebound in China and the U.S.

As to just how much the Iran conflict supercharged EV sales, “I think it’s a bit tricky to nail down precisely,” said Elizabeth Connelly, energy technology and transport analyst at IEA and co-author of the report, in an email.

That’s because individual countries’ policies and economic conditions have a big influence on consumer behavior. But the data certainly indicate that the war and resulting high fuel prices made EVs more appealing to consumers.

For example, the IEA report noted that in China, total car sales have declined this year due largely to an economic slowdown in the country. That slump has hit internal combustion engine car sales particularly hard. While the EV share fell to 42% of China’s new car sales in the first two months of the year when government subsidies were first slashed, it quickly rebounded after the Iran conflict began. Electrified vehicles set records by exceeding 60% of China’s reduced volume of new car sales in each of the past three months.

That makes the United States’ persistently stagnant EV market unique.

“As some markets see a step change in EV sales this year, boosted by the conflict in Iran, the U.S. is seeing sales slump having rolled back policy support,” Graham said.

Electrified vehicles have represented under 7.5% of new American car sales in each of the 10 months since federal tax credits were eliminated. Although rising gasoline prices spurred record domestic purchases of hybrid cars and used EVs , new EVs have not experienced the same sales boost.

Read: The rest of the world is lapping the U.S. in the EV race

As China’s domestic car sales have slowed this year, the country’s automakers have responded by ramping up their vehicle exports. That’s especially true of EVs, which the IEA reports surged to 35% of Chinese car exports in 2025 and 45% in the first half of 2026.

And the IEA data illustrates that fossil-fueled cars are quickly going the way of the dinosaurs. Global internal combustion engine vehicle sales reached their apex in 2017. The COVID pandemic caused car sales to plummet, and although they have now rebounded to pre-pandemic levels, all of the post-pandemic sales recovery has come from EVs. Fewer cars with internal combustion engines are being sold around the world today than were in 2011.

And a recent forecast by JD Power predicted that EVs will comprise a majority of new global car sales by 2033, reaching over 80% of the new car market by 2040.

The IEA is a bit less optimistic in its EV sales forecasts.

“Our two policy-based scenarios project around a 50% electric car sales share by 2035,” Connelly said.

The IEA is particularly bearish about the U.S., expecting no more than 20% of new American car sales to be electrified by 2035 unless new policies are introduced.

“The changes in U.S. policy over the past two years have pulled down the projected global EV sales share,” Connelly said. “That being said, there is upside potential to our outlook based on the progress seen in emerging markets and developing economies, and more broadly depending on how policymakers respond to the recent energy crisis.”

Chinese automakers dominate the electrified sector, accounting for about two-thirds of all global EV sales today. Expanding Chinese EV exports have contributed to rapidly growing electric car adoption in countries around the world, including Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines, Belgium, the United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, Russia, and Ethiopia. In total, the IEA reports that 50 countries set records for EV sales in the second quarter of 2026.

The rapid global transition to EVs and the Chinese dominance of that market have American automakers frightened about their companies’ futures. Recent U.S. government policies and regulatory rollbacks have undercut an already weak domestic EV market, and with the exception of Tesla, American automakers have been unable to compete with Chinese EVs in the international market.

There remain a few glimmers of hope in the American EV market. California, which accounts for one-quarter to one-third of annual electrified vehicle sales in the country, just launched its own rebate program for first-time EV buyers . And American legacy automakers like Ford and newcomers like Slate are taking innovative approaches in an effort to introduce more affordable electric vehicles.

But unless those efforts achieve success soon, the formerly dominant American auto industry will be relegated to fighting over the scraps of an ever-shrinking internal combustion engine vehicle market as the world transitions to an electrified future, unintentionally supercharged by the consequences of Trump’s Iran war.

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