Car sales in the UK are showing signs of recovery - January was the sixth consecutive month of growth
Of the 131,994 cars registered, 58,997 were petrol-powered, an increase of 14.6% year on year. Diesel registrations meanwhile dropped 12.1% to 5280.Hybrid electric vehicles were registered 18,976 times for a 40.6% increase year-on-year, while 22,362 mild hybrids were sold. Plug-in hybrids were nearly twice as popular as diesels, scoring 9109 registrations. And electric vehicles made up 12.1% of all new registrations in January, at 17,294 - just below the average figure for 2022.
The SMMT suggested that the UK’s charging infrastructure was failing to keep pace with the increasing number of EVs on the road. It also claimed plans for an expensive car supplement to apply to zero-emissions vehicles from 2025 will “unfairly penalise those making the switch” and disincentive EV uptake.
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