CAR BUYERS in the UK have purchased the second highest number of EVs in the world – second only to China.
The staggering rise in the number of electric vehicles (EVs) purchased by Britons was underlined by new figures showing the UK second only to China in the amount of battery-powered cars bought in the past ten years. The research by experts at PartCatalog showed there were more than 1.75million EVs sold in Britain since 2010.
It also showed that between 2015 and 2020, yearly sales of electric cars have increased a massive 444 percent globally, going from around 500,000 sales to just shy of three million per year over the five years.
China leads the world in EV uptake with more than 4.5million cars sold over the past decade.
The country also manufactures more EVs than anyone else, with even US-based Tesla making more cars in Shanghai than they do in California.
But the UK is runner-up and way ahead of countries like Germany, the USA and France.
Even traditionally early technology adopters like Japan are way down the table.
Both China and the UK have seen their Governments hand large subsidies and grants to buyers to tempt them into buying electric vehicles, which is likely to be an influence on the amount sold.
However the Government here will shortly scrap the £350 grant for installing a home charger and last month lowered the grant for buying an EV from £2,500 to £1,500.
It was originally £5,000 when initially introduced but has been reduced every year since.
Read more: Express
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