Sales of electric vehicles will exceed sales of new diesels by the end of 2022, according to the body which represents carmakers and traders.
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Compared with 2020, new EV registrations were up 73% in October.
SMMT forecasts 287,000 plug-in vehicles will be registered by the end of the year, exceeding the EV registered between 2010 and 2019.
Ten years ago diesel accounted for 50% of new car registrations, now it is 6.6%.
Australia's Sales of EVs have jumped by a staggering 191 percent in the first nine months of this year.
The uptake of pure electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids has been the only positive trend in the new car market this year and the UK’s automotive trade body now expects total registrations to reach more than a quarter of a million by the end of the year.
Compared with 2020, new EV and PHEV registrations were up 73% and 7.5% respectively in October.
The SMMT forecasts that a total of 287,000 plug-in vehicles will be registered by the end of the year, exceeding the 271,962 registered between 2010 and 2019.
That would mean one in every six new cars has zero-emissions capability.
In contrast, diesel registrations have been falling steadily since the VW Dieselgate scandal and were down 66% in October. Ten years ago diesel accounted for 50% of new car registrations, now it is 6.6%.
Meanwhile in Australia Sales of EVs have jumped by a staggering 191 percent in the first nine months of this year compared to the same period last year and continue in 2022 and this triple digit growth is expected to continue for many years to come.
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