FLEET and business registrations helped give a boost to car sales figures in October, according to latest SMMT data.
Fleet grew 47.4% to 67,911 units, while smaller businesses recorded a massive 108.6% increase although the caveat it's only a small part of the overall market picture.
Zero emission capable car deliveries continued to grow in volume, with…
WHILE new car registrations continued to suffer as ongoing supply issues dog the market, registrations of electric vehicles (EVs) during May are maintaining a strong growth trajectory.
New registrations of battery electric vehicles rose 17.7% said the SMMT, responsible for one in eight new vehicles on the road in May 2022.
Year-to-date shows that EVs have increased…
BUSINESS fleets are at the forefront of record plug-in vehicle sales this year, according to the Society of Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).
A range of tax breaks and grants that make up Government incentives to company car drivers wanting to lease plug-in cars have resulted in two out of every three new battery electric (BEV) registrations…
RESPONDING to the SMMT's data on November 2021 registration figures, Meryem Brassington (left), Electrification Propositions Lead at Lex Autolease said:
The rise of electric vehicle registrations has continued to make inroads in the new car market this year, with today’s figures taking the total number of EVs registered to more than 163,000 – already surpassing the…
THE executive Tesla Model 3 topped the sales charts in November, according to the registration figures from industry body SMMT.
It also coincided with battery electric vehicles reaching the highest ever market share: 32,721 zero emission models took to the road in September, representing a market share of 15.2%.
While electric cars flourished, thanks to…