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Diesel has been the biggest casualty of the push to electrification, but a recent uptick has altered forecasts

Diesel has so far been the biggest casualty in the push to electrify the UK’s car parc, but there are signs that sales of cars powered by the fuel are experiencing a mild resurgence.

UK automotive lobby group the SMMT in July altered its original April forecast for total diesel passenger car sales this year from 124,000 to 152,000, up 23% on the back of an uptick seen in the past couple of months.

That is still a fraction of the 1.3

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