The electric car market has seen another year of significant growth in 2016, after Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders registration figures show that sales of Plug-in Car Grant (PiCG) models increased 31.4% compared to 2015.
Electric Car Registrations 2016 (Image: Next Green Car)
Helping drive the market forward is the continued high sales of PHEVs, with 2016’s registrations totalling 26,643, up 41.9% against 2015’s figures.
EVs haven’t performed badly either, with 3.3% growth vs 2015 thanks to sales of 10,264 in 2016 – ahead of both petrol and diesel growth of 2.7% and 0.6% respectively.
In total, 35,447 PiCG eligible cars were registered in 2016, representing 1.3% of sales, with the UK car market seeing the highest ever numver of registrations in the past 12 months, at more than 2.69 million units, the fifth fifth consecutive year of growth.
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