April's auto market saw plugin EVs take 24.7% share in the UK, up from 21.9% year on year. Volume growth was modest for BEVs decent for PHEVs.
% share in the UK, up from 21.9%, year on year. Volume growth was modest for battery-electric vehicles, and decent for plugin hybrid EVs. Overall auto volume wasunits, up just 1% YoY, and remaining far below pre-2020 norms. The UK’s leading battery-electric vehicle brand in April was BMW.April’s sales saw combined plugin EVs take 24.7% share in the UK, with full electrics taking 16.9%, and plugin hybrids taking 7.8%.
BMW’s topselling BEV was the BMW i4, which sold over 1500 units in April, well ahead of the BMW iX1 at around 450 units. In terms of new models, the Mini Countryman appears to have debuted in April, with just over 50 units. Let’s see how popular it becomes in the brand’s home market. The Smart #3 debuted in March with about 10 units, and stepped up to 18 units in April.Tesla still has a decent lead over second place BMW, which itself is a long way ahead of Mercedes in third. Tesla and BMW have swapped places since the prior period .
Both Porsche and Mini had big falls, from 12th to 25th , and from 11th to 29th . The reason is the same in both cases — their existing models are about to be replaced by significantly technologically-updated models. Once the production of these new models has ramped up, these brands will likely recover their prior ranks.
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