EV sales to top 200,000
It’s estimated that more than 200,000 new battery electric vehicles (BEVs) will be registered in the UK this year – almost double the number in 2020.
This is according to a model produced from DriveElectric, based on its intelligence of the UK market to forecast registrations of battery electric cars and vans.
Reasons for this increase in EV numbers include the UK government’s recent announcement that sales of new petrol and diesel cars and vans will end by 2030, financial incentives for battery electric vehicles, greater options with more models coming to market, growing environmental awareness, and an increasing number 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.
Looking further ahead, DriveElectric sees particularly high numbers of EV sales from 2025 onwards (around 50% of registrations).
Mike Potter, managing director, DriveElectric, said: “It is interesting to see that battery electric vehicle registrations in 2020 exceeded our forecast despite the Covid-19 pandemic. In 2021 there will be even more EV models on sale, so motorists looking to save money on running costs and to banish tailpipe emissions will have even more choice.”
