Currently reading: Record-breaking year for electric car sales, but overall market flat

Latest SMMT figures show little growth in car registrations, but electrified vehicles now make up a quarter of sales

One in six new car registrations in 2021 was a plug-in, electrified vehicle, compared with one in 10 the previous year, creating a growing chasm between electric vehicle adoption and the infrastructure with which to power EVs.

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