Although the passenger car market in the UK as a whole was much lower in 2021 than it was in 2019, EV sales rose dramatically in 2021. In December 2021, 36,041 new plug-in vehicles were
that 2021 has been “another desperately disappointing year” for the industry and noted that the pandemic, tougher trading arrangements for manufactures, accelerating technology shifts, and the global semiconductor shortage were all “decimating supply.”
SMMT noted that the UK was the third-largest European market for new car registrations in 2021 and the second-largest by volume for plug-in vehicles and battery electric vehicles. “Recent announcements, including cuts to both purchase incentives and grants for home chargers, put the achievement of industry’s and government’s net-zero ambitions at risk. Furthermore, the slow pace of growth in on-street public charging – where, on average, 16 cars potentially share one standard on-street charger – could put the brake on EV demand and undermine the UK’s attractiveness as a place to sell electric cars.
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