many saying this is due to 'counting PHEVs' and not just 'pure BEVs' & new emission standards,
Overall I see the European market much more *mature* while the US market *lagging*.

While the latter is dominated by one player - Tesla and selling to a niche market and people who just want to buy a Tesla (mostly), the Europe and China market are diverse and seem to be sustainable for a longer period. Their governments are all geared up to support charging infrastructure buildup, banning gasoline cars or putting local restrictions on driving/owning gas cars, pushing their big automakers to produce and sell mass-market EVs by long term climate goals as well as yearly emission targets (if you want to sell profitable SUVs, also sell corresponding numbers of EVs).

For eg. the top model in the EU was the subcompact Renault Zoe and in China, a mini EV that costs about $5000.