More plug-in vehicles will hit British roads in 2021 than during the whole of the last decade, according to the latest forecast from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).
Between 2010 and 2019, a total of 271,962 new BEVs and plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs) were registered in the UK. This year alone, SMMT says one in six new cars will be zero-emission capable, equivalent to around 287,000 vehicles. Furthermore, SMMT says uptake rates of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) have accelerated so rapidly that they…
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