UK new cars sales in October 2021: 43% petrol 24% hybrid 19% pure EV 9% PHEV 5% diesel Other than a pandemic spike last year, this is the highest monthly share for pure EVs ever recordedpic.twitter.com/jF1LXFeRi6
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ANALYSIS
The UK car market is changing fast
28% of sales now come with a plug
pure EVs at 19%, rising rapidly
less than half are conventional cars
overall sales -25% in 2yrs (!)
petrol cars -50% in 2yrs, diesel -75%
diesels just 5% of market
data: @SMMT
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The decline in UK new car sales is a stunning development – seems hard to argue it's all Covid Sales over the last 12m were 25% lower than the same period 2yrs ago (pre-pandemic) Petrol cars are down 50% in that period and diesels by a massive 75% – all while EVs climb vv fastpic.twitter.com/hkQu47DMDw
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Here's another way to view the data, looking at average monthly sales over the past 12m You can see a big pandemic dip + recovery plus a broader, longer-term decline as well, esp for diesels But look at -48% in 2yrs for petrol! +More pure EVs sold in last 12m than dieselpic.twitter.com/nNj1KMI5ve
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In 5yrs, conventional cars have gone from 96% of all new sales down to 48%. Wow. Oct 2021 was only their 2nd ever month below 50%. (Also interesting to see plug-in cars outselling hybrids).pic.twitter.com/nvdVq2ldTQ
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Note to finish: I've been compiling this data from monthly
@SMMT figures, latest at the link It's a pity the data is presented as an image of a table so they have to be entered manually How about a downloadable CSV…? Even an html table would be nice!https://www.smmt.co.uk/2021/12/battery-ev-uptake-doubles-but-new-car-market-remains-well-adrift-of-pre-pandemic-levels/ …Show this thread -
(Before anyone asks, yes, switching to EVs will dramatically cut CO2 emissions from UK road transport – but there are of course greener alternatives to driving)https://twitter.com/DrSimEvans/status/1226879877175029760 …
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Simon, do you have similar data for city public transport buses?
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No, sorry
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Simon, any idea what caused the BEV spike in early 2020?
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The chart shows share of sales and there was a massive dip overall that month due to Covid, whereas I suspect a lot of EV sales were on pre-order waiting for delivery (It was actually less a dip than a smaller April bump than usual, but hopefully you get the point)pic.twitter.com/JfRkXSuTbB
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