Yahoo Autos Report: UK EV Owners Switching Back To Gasoline
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You could say they’re unplugging once and for all…
A shocking report from The Sun claims “droves” of electric car owners in the island nation are switching back to gas-burning vehicles. Depending on how you view EVs this claim could be infuriating or elating, with either claims of bias or a feeling of validation. We’re more interested in what this means for EVs there and here moving forward.
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According to the report, a surge in new car sales for the UK is being driven by petrol models, not EVs. That’s believable considering electric vehicles are still quite niche. After all, for 2022 only 5.8% of the US new car market constituted EVs.
According to The Sun, ICE vehicles in the UK saw an increase in registrations during January while EVs saw more modest growth. To be fair, a single month snapshot versus figures from all of 2022 isn’t an entirely fair measure.
