Sales of alternative fuel vehicles (AFV) in the UK rose by 23.7% in Q1 2016, compared to European-wide growth of 6.4%. The UK’s overall market share for electric cars and plug-in hybrids fell from a peak of 18.3% in 2014 to just over 13% last year.
Sales of alternative fuel vehicles (AFV) in the UK rose by 23.7% in Q1 2016, compared to European-wide growth of 6.4%. Spain saw the largest increase in AFV registrations over the period (+51.9%) followed by France (+28.7%), the UK, and Germany (+13.0%), meanwhile, Italy saw AFV sales decline by 12.9%.