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Over 200,000 Pure Electric Vehicles to hit UK roads in 2021

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We use our own model built from intelligence of the UK market to forecast registrations of battery electric cars and vans. Increasing numbers of proposed initiatives such as Clean Air Zones are resulting in organisations looking to renew their fleets with electric rather than petrol or diesel vehicles.

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Electric car sales remain low in the UK

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Petrols were flat YoY in January, but are also on a slide over the long term. Others seeing gains were Kia, taking 5th (from 16th in December), and Hyundai (8th, from 14th). Outlook The UK’s industry body, the SMMT is currently forecasting 1.79 Against this background, the SMMT’s forecast of auto growth looks optimistic.

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Tesla Model Y strengthens its position in Sweden

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Petrol-only vehicles, and HEVs, were essentially flat YoY, and diesels were down by over a third. Petrol share looks set to regularly slide under 20% in Q3 or Q4 this year. It terms of volumes, BEVs were up nearly 38% YoY, while PHEVs were down by some 19%. 4 has likewise been shuffled down a spot, into 3rd.

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June 2023 – Tesla Model Y was the best selling car in Sweden

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All of the overall auto market’s 9% YoY volume growth came from growth in plugins, leaving combined plugless vehicles with a volume drop, albeit with some shift in weighting from diesel to petrol. 4, and the Kia EV6 took third. Diesel-only volume fell by over 37% YoY, to 2,277 units, and just 8.1% of the market (from 14.0%

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EV ute overload: The electric pickups coming soon

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litre turbocharged four-cylinder petrol engine with two electric motors, providing about 100km of EV range as well as the ability to travel further on petrol. The most powerful F-150 Lightning will have up to 433kW and 1051Nm and be capable of faster acceleration than any petrol-powered F-150 before it.

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EVs dominated the UK car market in December

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For petrol-only vehicles, 2022 saw 42.3% Expect petrol’s rate of decline to accelerate in the coming years, once diesel sales have effectively ended. On the flip side, Kia dropped from 7th to 14th, and Hyundai from 3rd to 10th. This comes against a background of overall auto sales down by 2.0% in 2022 compared to 2021.

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Charging a Tesla Model Y at a new V3 Supercharger

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It’s a sleek white, modern-looking structure that stands about as high as a petrol bowser. EV COMPARISON: Tesla Model 3 vs Kia EV6 vs Polestar 2 vs Hyundai Ioniq 5 READ MORE: EV charging race: Hyundai Ioniq 5 versus Porsche Taycan versus Audi e-Tron READ MORE: Hyundai Ioniq 5: Australia’s fastest (charging) EV put to the real-world test.