UK new car sales up for second year in a row as business buyers swap to electric vehicles, research shows
As a result, BEVs made up 19.6% of the market , up by more than a fifth from last year, but short of the 22% demanded by the mandate. Across the total market, petrol and diesel car registrations fell by -4.4% and -13.6% respectively as more buyers swapped either to BEVs, or to lower emission hybrid electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids .
Petrol remained the most popular powertrain among private buyers, taking up 61.0% of demand, with hybrid electric vehicles in second place at 16.0%.