UK Battery Electric Car Monthly Registration Growth Rate

RecordSTO-55D93870WR-WHX5KPM4NS-S4X4GT

27.7%

United Kingdom · August 2026

UK Battery Electric Car Monthly Registration Growth Rate was 27.7% in August 2026 (SMMT).

Original source
Publisher
SMMT
Authority tier
T2 Official
Locator
Section: August car registration by fuel type, Paragraph 1
Retrieved
26 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

Battery electric vehicles (BEVs) increased 27.7% to claim 29.8% of overall uptake.

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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_55D93870WRWHX5KPM4NSS4X4GT

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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_55D93870WRWHX5KPM4NSS4X4GT.
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_55D93870WRWHX5KPM4NSS4X4GT.
BibTeX
@misc{smmt2026batterys4x4gt, 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_55D93870WRWHX5KPM4NSS4X4GT}, 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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Chain of custody
Record: STO-55D93870WR-WHX5KPM4NS-S4X4GT T2 Official

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
Section: August car registration by fuel type, Paragraph 1
Retrieved
26 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
See source

Verification

Status
Verified
Review protocol
pipeline:quote-verified-v2
Checked on
27 September 2026
Last revision
30 September 2026
Permanent URL
/stat/stat_55D93870WRWHX5KPM4NSS4X4GT