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UK electric car sales reach a record high
But they still only made up 4.2 percent of new vehicles.
Nick Summers
02.06.17
Electric car sales are slowly rising in the UK. Fresh figures from the
Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) show that 7,279
"alternatively fuelled vehicles" were registered in January. That's a
19.9 percent increase from the 6,072 reported last year. The category is
still dwarfed by traditional gas guzzlers -- more than 78,000 diesel
cars and 88,000 petrol cars were registered last month -- but progress
is being made. Electric and hybrid vehicles made up 4.2 percent of new
cars in January, beating the previous record (3.6 percent) set in
January and November last year.
The interest in electric vehicles is growing. Most manufacturers are
developing 'green' cars now, which is giving British customers more
options to choose from. The number of electric chargers is also
increasing -- following Tesla and Ecotricity, Shell has announced plans
to launch a small charging network in the UK. That should help solve the
long-standing 'chicken and the egg' problem. To persuade people to buy
cars, you need more chargers. But to justify new chargers, you need more
people buying cars. Thankfully, the situation is improving on both
sides. Fingers crossed a certain Tesla accelerates the process later
this year.
