New EV sales down in January with CCD gone

With the Clean Car Discount (CCD) gone, it is unsurprising that petrol and diesel vehicle registrations surged in January 2024, comprising 96.2% of January registrations at 12,173 units.

So says Motor Industry Association chief executive Aimee Wiley, adding the total Industry by motive power for January comprised 274 battery electric vehicles (2.2% share), 202 plug-in hybrid EVs (1.6% share), 2366 hybrids (18.7% share) and 9807 internal combustion engine vehicles (77.5% share).   

January’s result of 12,649 units is comparable to the prior year, coming in 1.3% higher than January 2023 (12,481 units) but 6.2% lower than January 2022 (13,479 units), says Wiley.

The top three battery electric models in January were the BYD Seal (31 units, 12.7% share), followed by the Tesla Model Y (25 units, 10.2% share) and Toyota BZ4X (23 units, 9.4% share).

Among the top three plug-in hybrid vehicle (PHEVs) in January were the Porsche Cayenne (24 units, 11.9% share), the Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross (18 units, 8.9% share) and Volkswagen Touareg (14 units, 6.9% share).

The first three non-plug-in hybrid vehicles (HEVs) were the Toyota RAV4 (568 units, 24.0% share), Toyota Highlander (297 units, 12.6% share) and Toyota Corolla Cross (242 units, 10.2% share).

As of the end of January 2024, there were more than 73,000 fully electric light vehicles plus a further 30,000 PHEVs, EVDB says.

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