Since 2016, annualised EV sales have more than doubled – expect that number to climb rapidly. Meanwhile diesels have halved and *overall car sales* are down 12%pic.twitter.com/AarvLbKjWq
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Battery electric vehicles have just recorded an absolutely stunning increase in their share of the UK market, which has tripled in two months to 3.4%, after 3+ yrs below 1%
HT @colinmckerrache for flagging and @SMMT for datapic.twitter.com/OZkXGqL5Qf
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UK car sales used to be 50/50 diesel petrol… Now it's 3/5 petrol, 1/4 diesel and 1/10 other stuff – and changing rapidly (two months ago it was just 1/16 "other")pic.twitter.com/9UoKjGEHWk
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Sure, annualised EV sales are still small relative to conventional vehicles. But change can happen fast.pic.twitter.com/DFwms1680A
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Will this big uptick in pure EV sales continue or is it down to the backlog in Tesla 3 orders, per tweet below? We'll have to wait and see…https://twitter.com/IainTurner5/status/1169547974374035456 …
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Grist to the Tesla 3 bump mill, but there's clearly probably more to it than that alonehttps://twitter.com/colinmckerrache/status/1169548112572145664 …
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I suspect total car sales have gone down because people are waiting for a battery vehicle with a sensible price and a reasonable range (200+ miles).
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Hyundai Kona Electric and Kia e-Niro (both with 64 kWh pack) have that range and cost 33k. For a tad shorter (~150mi) you can pick the Zoe for 24k or the older Kona (39 kWh) and the Leaf for 27k-28k. Still few but choice there is. May the EM force be with you!
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Tesla bump not withstanding, they are just getting good. Interesting whether they will get better too fast - we were on cusp of e-Golf purchase but now waiting to see what their IDs will be like.
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Get the e-Golf. It’s an amazing vehicle. Just drove 5000 km in it to remote Arctic villages, and did fine with socket charging. If you live close to CCS fast chargers, it’s especially relevant.
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But as you say Simon, BEV sales still a tiny % of overall sales. Can't see this changing until the UK Govt sees sense & starts rolling out H2 refuellers.
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H2 is delusional. It is not efficient as EV and dangerous more than fuel
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