Plug-in Car Registrations in UK – April 2015

The surge in sales of plug-in hybrids in the UK was tremendous over the last couple of months, which now makes the UK the largest market for such cars.

40.6% of all plug-in hybrids sold in Western Europe in the first four months went to customers in Britain, according to EagleAID.

Together with the Netherlands, the 2 countries account for two thirds of Europes PHEV sales.

Of course, EagleAID is not serving us this data without a reason:

"A casual glance at overall PHEV registrations in Western Europe give little indication as to the true state of demand for vehicles of this type. However, echoing to an extent todays uneven sales distribution of electric car sales in Europe, AIDs compiled figures reveal a similar uneven distribution. A direct reflection of todays subsidy culture, tax-savings and tempting ownership perks like not having to pay Londons weekday congestion charge, AIDs figures reveal that just two countries are currently responsible for the bulk of these registrations.."

Source: EagleAID