Salary sacrifice provider welcomes record high sales of electric vehicles

8th June 2016

The UK's electric car market recorded its highest figures to date during the first quarter of 2016, and Fleet Evolution, one of the UK's finest providers of salary sacrifice vehicles, has applauded the news, highlighting a shift in the public's opinion of electric vehicles.

A total of 10,496 electric cars were sold in Britain between January and March this year, which equates to one every 13 minutes. Putting Britain second to the Netherlands in the EU for sales of electric vehicles, electric cars grew significantly during 2015. And thanks to new models due to come out over the coming year, along with increased investment by established car manufacturers such as BMW, Volvo and Tesla, electric vehicles are set to further increase in popularity during the next year.

Talking about the revelation, Andrew leech, Director of Fleet Evolution said, "We’re all really impressed by the figures. We knew that electric cars were taking off, however such a significant jump in sales was somewhat unprecedented. With more and more technological advancements set to come over the next 12 months, we can all be certain that electric car sales will continue to rise, and we’re all in agreement that the reports for the same timeframe next year will highlight a further increase."

Typically a popular time for purchasing a new car due to the new registration, the increase didn’t come as that much of surprise. However the figures come hot on the heel that during the same time period, there were 17,000 electric cars sold in the United States - a country that boasts more than five times as many residents.

Extending the Government Plug-in Car Grant, last year the UK committed to making sure all new cars sold by 2040 are "ultra-low emissions" vehicles. However still being dwarfed by sales of traditional powered vehicles, although the figures are promising, electric vehicles still have a long way to go if they are to catch up their petrol and diesel counterparts.

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