April new car registrations reveal ‘light at the end of the tunnel’, says SMMT
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has said that April’s 13.9% rise in new car registrations show that there is “light at the end of the tunnel” after COVID-19. Car retailers across the UK were able to drive the UK automotive sector to 141,483 registrations last month, following the April 12 reopening of
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UK replaces France as Europe’s second largest electric car market
About 31,800 battery electric cars were sold in Britain in first three months of 2021. The UK overtook France to become Europe’s second largest electric car market in the first quarter of the year, amid rising demand for cars with zero exhaust emissions. About 31,800 battery electric cars were sold in the UK in the
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Electric vehicles pass 500,000 milestone, but market decelerates following cut to plug-in car grant
Government claims UK’s transition from fossil fuel vehicles is ‘accelerating at speed’, despite slight dip in EV sales in April in wake of cut to payments from popular grant programme The government today hailed another major milestone for the UK electric vehicle (EV) market, as official sales figures confirmed there were now over half a
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