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UK electric car sales recorded their best month on record in September, with over 50,000 new electric vehicles (EVs) registered last month.
According to the latest Electric Car Count from New AutoMotive, carmakers are now beating the targets outlined in the Zero Emissions Vehicle (ZEV) mandate, with EVs making up 20.8% of total market share.
The figure represents a 23.3% growth in sales of purely electric vehicles when compared to September the previous year, continuing a trend that has seen EV sales in the UK grow faster than mainland Europe.
With more than 60% of vehicles sold last month having some form of electrification, combined market share of petrol, diesel and alternative liquid fuel vehicles are down below 40% for the first time.
As a result, New Automotive is projecting that there will be a surplus of ZEV mandate credits in 2024 due to carmakers’ collective overachievement of the regulatory requirements.
Honda, Toyota, Peugeot and Ford were the manufacturers who saw sales increase the most on the previous year, and many major manufacturers remain comfortably ahead of their ZEV mandate targets.
Ben Nelmes, CEO of New AutoMotive, said: “The UK’s electric car market is fizzing with life. Electric car registrations grew by almost a quarter in September, with one in five new cars an EV. It’s great to see more people than ever before switching to cleaner, cheaper driving.
“Sensible government policy is driving an emerging great British success story, with electric car registrations here outperforming the rest of Europe. We are in a global race to get EVs on the roads and Britain is pulling into the fast lane.
“The UK car market is going through a period of profound change, and parts of the retail industry are moving quicker than others. Fortunately the vast majority of people in the UK will feel the climate and air pollution benefits no matter how clean vehicles are sold.”
