In full-year 2023, the Ford Puma and Nissan Qashqai were the top-selling car models in Britain while the Tesla Model Y was again the UK’s favorite battery-electric car. Ford Puma ST © Ford UK 2023 (January to December): For the first time ever, the Ford Puma was the top-sell...
To recap briefly, the ZEV mandate sets out sales targets for electric cars, and penalties if carmakers fall short of their quotas.Stellantis and Ford have been some of the more vocal opponentsof the regulations, especially in light of slowing demand forelectric cars. In an exercise of...
Battery electric car sales in Europe thus far in 2023 increased by 46.9% to 1,472,457 cars compared to 1,002,509 BEVs in 2022 (Q1-3). Car Sales in the European Union in 2023(Q3) In the European Union (EU), the new passenger car market expanded by 16.9% to 7,940,749 v...
The year 2021 saw battery electric vehicles breakthrough to become mainstream in the UK car market with overall BEV sales up 76.3 percent on 2020 to a total of 190,727 units, equivalent to 11.6 percent of all cars registered. With multi-award winning cars, from the Volkswagen ID.3 and ...
Is it worth buying a new petrol or diesel car in 2023? Electric, hybrid and plug-in hybrid cars now suit more drivers than ever before, meaning that if you’re in the market for a new car, we’d strongly suggest you see if one of those types of car would suit your needs. You ca...
In 2023 there were 314,684 electric cars sold, as compared to 267,203 in 2022; a growth of 18%. The proportion of new cars that are electric has grown from 11.6% in 2021, to 19.6% in 2024. In the last few years the electric car proportion of new car sales has stayed stable, but...
UK government set to ease electric car sales targets for carmakers in 2025 The disparity between today’s output is still shy of 2019’s output by over a not-insignificant 32 per cent. However, this all comes on the back oflast week’s positive news of a £4 billion investment from...
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Brussels proposed Wednesday a three-year delay on tariffs on the sale of electric vehicles between Britain and the EU that was meant to kick in from January, in a major reversal of its previous position.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Thursday hailed a deal with the European Union to delay post-Brexit tariffs on electric vehicle sales that were due to kick in from January.