Electric cars are about to overtake petrol in the UK, data shows

cloudie78

Misleading title From the article: > At the current pace, electric cars will outsell petrol in the UK within a year. And it could happen as soon as this December. Not the number of cars on the road - it’s new-car sales. For reference only 4.9% of cars on the road are fully electric, while 87.8% are petrol or diesel.

mono442

Isn't that due to the UK government increasing taxes on gas cars? It's not a good news if it's due to cars being less affordable.

graemep

It says sales will overtake ICE, but its a long way from cars on the road as another comment pointed out. It also assumes a linear trend continues. I think that is probably true if nothing changes, but there is a lot that could change that. The most likely change be joining the EU's "made in Europe" car policy which would mean far higher tariffs on Chinese EV imports.

listedb

BEV sales spike every december because of manufacturer ZEV targets

ZeroGravitas

The UK actually has escalating targets, so in the year they predict the crossover at 33% each in August, the BEV share for cars for the full year is mandated to be 38% (and 52% the next year). They softened some of the enforcement but that is still the legal target currently.