New electric cars' sales rose dominantly among all the categories in January 2024 and provided 11.9% of all the passenger-car deliveries in Europe and the UK.
New car registrations climbed by a total of 11.5% in the EU, EFTA and the UK markets after a 3.8% drop in December 2023. However, the entire European market, including the UK, saw a 29.3% jump in the sales of electric cars compared to January 2023, while the number of new plug-in hybrid cars grew by 24.4%, and hybrid electric ones increased by 21.4%.
Petrol car sales were up by 2.8% but diesel cars dropped by 5.4%. EVs are, however, still not taking over as the most popular category.
Petrol cars are still providing more than one-third of the new passenger vehicles sold, while hybrid-electric passenger vehicles are on the move to take over from them.