Latest sales figures show that electric car registrations grew to 21.3 per cent of total sales in January, up 41.6 per cent year-on-year but still some way short of the government’s ZEV Mandate target of 28 per cent for 2025.
“January was another record month for electric cars, with sales of zero emission vehicles making up more than a fifth of the total car market, up 42 per cent from January last year.
The DfT reports that there are 73,334 public EV charging points in total across the UK as of 1 January this year, which includes over 14,000 rapid/ultra-rapid chargers that can charge a car to 80 per cent in just 20-40 mins.
Transport secretary Heidi Alexander has met with representatives of the UK car industry as the deadline for submissions to the government’s consultation on the proposed phase out of petrol and diesel cars by 2030 nears.
SMMT wouldn’t comment on what was a closed meeting with government, but it’s understood that changes to the ZEV mandate targets and flexibilities available to non-complying car makers, plus incentives to boost private demand for electric cars were all discussed.
