Cars Registered in February

Cars Registered in February

So it’s another month and another set of SMMT data. And still we’re looking for some indication of where the market is going, when the truth is that supply is horribly restricted by component shortages; chiefly of semiconductors. So what can we conclude? Well for one,...
Global BEV/PHEV sales in China, Europe and America

Global BEV/PHEV sales in China, Europe and America

This is my third and final post about the global distribution of EV/PHEV sales. The graph below splits the figures for 2019, 2020 and 2021 between China, the EU (including the UK), the US and the rest. It really makes it clear how China dominates (in absolute terms)...
Global BEV/PHEV Sales by Capita and GDP

Global BEV/PHEV Sales by Capita and GDP

The UK was the fourth largest market in the world for EVs/PHEVs in 2021. We thought it might be interesting to look at the top eight not only in terms of absolute market share, but by GDP and populations. As you can see from the table below, we get some very different...
Global BEV and PHEV market

Global BEV and PHEV market

The UK was the FOURTH biggest market for plug in vehicles globally in 2021 (up from 5th in 2020). The graph and table below show how the split between the top ten has changed over the last three years. China remains the world’s largest market with 50% of all new BEV...
Cars Registered in January

Cars Registered in January

After achieving a record UK market share of 26% in December, BEV registrations as a proportion of all new cars fell back to 12.5% in January 2022 according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). That compares to 6.9% in January 2021. This was the...
How many cars didn’t sell in 2020 and 2021?

How many cars didn’t sell in 2020 and 2021?

1.5 million cars. You could argue that’s how many DIDN’T sell in the UK in 2020 and 2021. This is comparing the average of 2.4m for the three preceding years to the 1.6m registered in both 2020 and 2021. If we assume the cars we didn’t buy cost an average of £30,000...