According to Go Ultra Low, there have been more than 115 electric cars registered every day during the first quarter of 2016 in the UK, which represents a record-high.
During the first three months of the year, a total of 10,496 plug-in cars have hit UK roads, while one statistic shows that one plug-in electric vehicle is being sold every 13 minutes.
If the demand for EVs keeps growing this way, 2015’s record total will most certainly be surpassed, and that was a year where more plug-in cars were registered than in the previous five years combined.
Additionally, the first quarter of 2016 also represents a 23% improvement over the same period last year. Taking advantage of the Plug-In Grant, over 58,000 customers have bought an EV during the first three months of the year – three times as many as last year between January and March.
“These record figures show that hundreds of people every week are coming round to the fact that plug-in cars are cleaner, greener and cheaper to run,” said Transport Minister Andrew Jones. “The UK is a world leader in the uptake of low emission vehicles and our long-term economic plan is investing £600 million by 2020 to improve air quality, create jobs and achieve our goal of every new car and van in the UK being ultra-low emission by 2040.”
In March alone, there were 7,144 new electric cars on UK roads, a clear improvement over last year’s 6,104 units. For the past 12 months, the UK itself stands as the biggest major market, and second only to the Netherlands in total EV registrations – while representing 1/5 of the EU’s collective EV sales.
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