Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many electric vehicles were purchased in London in each of the last five years; and what proportion of all electric vehicles purchased in that period in England were purchased in London.
The number of battery electric vehicles registered for the first time in London and England are outlined below:
Year | London | England | London / England (%) |
2017 | 2,892 | 14,031 | 21% |
2018 | 2,918 | 16,336 | 18% |
2019 | 5,345 | 39,187 | 14% |
2020 | 10,143 | 104,974 | 10% |
2021 | 21,863 | 191,826 | 11% |
Year to Sep-2022 | 19,536 | 175,977 | 11% |
Source: DfT and DVLA