A rebound in battery electric vehicle sales and the continuing popularity of plug-in hybrids, has kept UK new car registrations rising for the 22nd month in a row.
A total of 147,000 cars were registered in Britain last month, which is 2,400 or 1.7 per cent more than in the same month last year. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders said it was the best May since 2021, although the numbers are still down by about a fifth on the pre-pandemic May of 2019.
In the ever-shifting new car sales market amid the rise of new energy technologies, all forms of electrified vehicles showed significant growth last month. That offset the long-term collapse in diesel sales and a small fall in the sale of
