UK battery-electric share of new car registrations
RecordSTO-3EZ0AAFETD-PZPGX3PEWH-D90339
United Kingdom · January–August 2026
UK battery-electric share of new car registrations was 25.6% in January–August 2026 (SMMT).
- Publisher
- SMMT
- Authority tier
- T2 Official
- Locator
- Year to date
- Retrieved
- 26 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
BEV uptake reached 25.6% in the first eight months – a record high, but still significantly below the 33% headline mandate target.
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APA
Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders. (2026). EVs lift August new car market but September is key test. Retrieved September 26, 2026, from https://www.smmt.co.uk/evs-lift-august-new-car-market-but-september-is-key-test/. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_3EZ0AAFETDPZPGX3PEWHD90339
Other formats: MLA, Chicago, BibTeX
- MLA
- Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders. "EVs lift August new car market but September is key test." 2026, https://www.smmt.co.uk/evs-lift-august-new-car-market-but-september-is-key-test/. Accessed 26 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_3EZ0AAFETDPZPGX3PEWHD90339.
- Chicago
- Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders. "EVs lift August new car market but September is key test." 2026. https://www.smmt.co.uk/evs-lift-august-new-car-market-but-september-is-key-test/. Accessed September 26, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_3EZ0AAFETDPZPGX3PEWHD90339.
- BibTeX
- @misc{smmt2026passengerd90339, author = {{Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders}}, title = {EVs lift August new car market but September is key test}, year = {2026}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_3EZ0AAFETDPZPGX3PEWHD90339}, note = {Original source: https://www.smmt.co.uk/evs-lift-august-new-car-market-but-september-is-key-test/. Accessed September 26, 2026.} }
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Primary source
- Publisher
- Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 2 · National and industry official
- Report
- EVs lift August new car market but September is key test
- Type
- Press release
- Published
- 4 September 2026
- Locator
- Year to date
- Retrieved
- 26 September 2026
- Link status
- Reachable (HTTP 200)
- Report licence
- See source
Verification
- Status
- Verified
- Review protocol
- editorial:evidence-check-v1:2026-09-26
- Checked on
- 26 September 2026
- Last revision
- 26 September 2026
- Permanent URL
- /stat/stat_3EZ0AAFETDPZPGX3PEWHD90339