Storm clouds loom, however, as private sales of electric cars remain disproportionately low
The UK’s new car market last month recorded its strongest October since the Covid pandemic, as 153,529 models left showrooms. This represents a 14.3% increase on the figures recorded in the same month in 2022, according to figures published by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders , and a 7.2% rise compared with October 2019. The most popular powertrain choice continued to be petrol , with 84,451 sales, followed by electric and parallel hybrid .
4% of the overall new-car market in 2023 to date, compared with 53.2% of sales to fleets. The SMMT also noted that a regional disparity in public charger installations could be harming sales. It claimed that London and the south-east of England received 80% of the 4753 new chargers installed in the UK between July and September, despite accounting for 40% of plug-in car sales over that period. In turn, it has downgraded its outlook for this year’s EV sales by 1.
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