The UK now has one million electric cars on our roads: that totemic figure was hit in January this year. A million of anything sounds like progress. In the case of electric cars, it’s not. The growth in new electric cars last year was entirely driven by the fleet sector; sales to private consumers - you and I - stalled in their tracks year on year, with their market share stagnant at 16.6 per cent, or 315,000 units, according to figures from the Society of Motor Manufactures and Traders (SMMT).
Government should slash tax to boost EV sales
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