Transport
Electric cars
Improving
23.0%of new cars were fully electric, 2025
+3.8 pts on the year before
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Electric cars
ImprovingWhat it means: battery electric cars as a share of all cars registered for the first time in Great Britain. Under the zero emission vehicle mandate, manufacturers must make 28% of new car sales zero-emission in 2025, rising to 80% in 2030, though they can use credits and flexibilities to meet it. A change of two points or more counts.
Source: DfT, vehicle licensing statistics, table VEH1153.