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 December

Cars Registered in December

26% of all new cars registered in December were fully electric. I’ve read a lot about this on this forum, with a lot of commentators hailing it as the new normal. And it is good news. But is it the new normal? in my post on the subject, I started with the line...
A look into the cars registered in 2021

A look into the cars registered in 2021

Clearly we need to be careful reading too much into 2021 UK new car registrations given the crazy year we’ve just had. A combination of COVID and chip shortages meant that overall only 1.65m cars were registered, slightly up on 2020 but well short of “normal”. In...
SMMT registrations show a rise in EVs

SMMT registrations show a rise in EVs

Analysis of the SMMT registrations stats to the end of October shows the ongoing rise of the electric car, with sales nearly double that of the same period in 2020. Registrations of PHEVs are up 90% and BEV 86%. Diesel, including MHEV, is down a colossal 24%, with the...
Comparing the hummer

Comparing the hummer

If your logic is simply that EVs are best, then it follows that the bigger the EV the bestest it must be right? Ladies and Gentlemen, please welcome the 1000bhp Hummer EV; proudly described on the GMC website as “zero emissions”. In the UK there are just under 32...
The 2020 UK Vehicle stats

The 2020 UK Vehicle stats

There are now 31.7m cars registered in the UK, and they average 8.6 years old (up from 8.3 in 2019). The average diesel is now 8 years old (up from 7.3 in 2019) with petrol at 9.3 (9.1 in 2019). These statistics for UK car registrations to December 2020 were released...