{"id":39880,"date":"2023-01-09T00:03:48","date_gmt":"2023-01-09T05:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=39880"},"modified":"2023-01-09T00:03:48","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T05:03:48","slug":"uk-plugin-car-sales-december2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=39880","title":{"rendered":"UK: EV Sales Surged In December 2022, Tesla Takes #1 And #2 Spot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In December, new passenger car registrations in the United Kingdom increased by 18 percent year-over-year to 128,462. It was the fifth consecutive month of growth, however, it was not enough to offset the previous declines, and the year 2022 closed with 1,614,063 units, 2 percent less than 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, plug-in electric cars ended the year with a splash. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) reports 50,651 new passenger plug-in car registrations in December (up 41 percent year-over-year). That&#8217;s one of the best results ever. Moreover, the market share increased significantly to a new record level of 39.4 percent.<\/p>\n<p>The recent surge is mostly a result of the quickly growing all-electric car segment, which became the UK&#8217;s second most popular powertrain option after gasoline vehicles. In December, a record number of 42,284 BEVs were registered, which translated into a record market share of 32.9 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Plug-in hybrids were not so lucky and with 8,367 units, they are actually struggling to see any growth.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>BEVs: 42,284 (up 53% year-over-year) at a market share of 32.9%<\/li>\n<li>PHEVs: 8,367 (up 0.4% year-over-year) at a market share of 6.5%<\/li>\n<li>Total: 50,651 (up 41% year-over-year) at a market share of 39.4%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"trinity-skip-it\" contenteditable=\"false\" draggable=\"true\" data-widget=\"special_image\" data-align=\"center\">\n<div class=\"spi_wrapper\"><a class=\"lightzoom\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.motor1.com\/images\/custom\/plug-in-electric-car-registrations-in-the-uk-december-2022.png\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"custom-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.motor1.com\/images\/custom\/thumbnail\/plug-in-electric-car-registrations-in-the-uk-december-2022.png\" alt=\"external_image\" width=\"898\" height=\"424\" loading=\"lazy\"\/> <\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>In 2022, more than 368,000 new passenger plug-in cars were registered in the UK, reaching an average market share of 22.8%. Those are new record numbers, noticeably better than <a href=\"https:\/\/insideevs.com\/news\/559035\/uk-plugin-car-sales-2021\/\">in 2021 (305,281 and 18.5% share)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>New plug-in car registrations, year-to-date in 2022:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>BEVs: 267,203 (up 40% year-over-year) at a market share of 16.6%<\/li>\n<li>PHEVs: 101,414 (down 11% year-over-year) at a market share of 6.3%<\/li>\n<li>Total: 368,617 (up 21% year-over-year) at a market share of 22.8%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"trinity-skip-it\" contenteditable=\"false\" draggable=\"true\" data-widget=\"special_image\" data-align=\"center\">\n<div class=\"spi_wrapper\"><a class=\"lightzoom\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.motor1.com\/images\/custom\/plug-in-electric-car-registrations-in-the-uk-december-2022-bb.png\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"custom-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.motor1.com\/images\/custom\/thumbnail\/plug-in-electric-car-registrations-in-the-uk-december-2022-bb.png\" alt=\"external_image\" width=\"898\" height=\"423\" loading=\"lazy\"\/> <\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>If we look from a broader perspective, it seems that electrification progresses quite nicely over the last few years:<\/p>\n<section class=\"trinity-skip-it\" contenteditable=\"false\" draggable=\"true\" data-widget=\"special_image\" data-align=\"center\">\n<div class=\"spi_wrapper\"><a class=\"lightzoom\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.motor1.com\/images\/custom\/plug-in-electric-car-registrations-in-the-uk-december-2022-c.png\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"custom-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.motor1.com\/images\/custom\/thumbnail\/plug-in-electric-car-registrations-in-the-uk-december-2022-c.png\" alt=\"external_image\" width=\"898\" height=\"423\" loading=\"lazy\"\/> <\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>More details, including also other powertrain types:<\/p>\n<section class=\"trinity-skip-it\" contenteditable=\"false\" draggable=\"true\" data-widget=\"special_image\" data-align=\"center\">\n<div class=\"spi_wrapper\" data-width=\"80%\"><a class=\"lightzoom\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.motor1.com\/images\/custom\/uk-car-reg-12-2022-source-smmt.png\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"custom-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.motor1.com\/images\/custom\/thumbnail\/uk-car-reg-12-2022-source-smmt.png\" alt=\"external_image\" width=\"1618\" height=\"1899\" loading=\"lazy\"\/> <\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>One of the most spectacular achievements last month was that the <a href=\"https:\/\/insideevs.com\/tesla\/model-y\/\">Tesla Model Y<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/insideevs.com\/tesla\/model-3\/\">Tesla Model 3<\/a> became the two most popular models with respectively 10,664 and 5,704 registrations. Not only that, the <a href=\"https:\/\/insideevs.com\/nissan\/leaf\/\">Nissan Leaf<\/a> surprisingly entered the top 10 with 1,783 units (ninth place result).<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to the strong end of the year, the Tesla Model Y significantly improved its position in 2022, taking third place overall (35,551 units).<\/p>\n<p><em>The Tesla Model Y was also <a href=\"https:\/\/insideevs.com\/news\/625155\/uk-plugin-car-sales-november2022\/\">2nd in November (9th YTD)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/insideevs.com\/news\/615455\/uk-plugin-car-sales-september2022\/\">2nd in September (8th YTD)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/insideevs.com\/news\/596302\/uk-plugin-car-sales-june-2022\/\">2nd in June (10th YTD)<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/insideevs.com\/news\/578839\/uk-plugin-car-sales-march2022\/\">1st in March (6th YTD)<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s recall that in 2021, the Tesla Model 3 was the top model in December (9,612) and the second best-selling model after 12 months (34,783). In other words, the Model Y simply repeated the achievement, while the Model 3 weakened this year (19,071 units).<\/p>\n<section class=\"trinity-skip-it\" contenteditable=\"false\" draggable=\"true\" data-widget=\"special_image\" data-align=\"center\">\n<div class=\"spi_wrapper\"><a class=\"lightzoom\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.motor1.com\/images\/custom\/uk-car-reg-12-2022-source-smmt-b.png\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"custom-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.motor1.com\/images\/custom\/thumbnail\/uk-car-reg-12-2022-source-smmt-b.png\" alt=\"external_image\" width=\"3202\" height=\"1495\" loading=\"lazy\"\/> <\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>In terms of all-electric cars, the most registered models were:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Tesla Model Y &#8211; 35,551<\/li>\n<li>Tesla Model 3 &#8211; 19,071<\/li>\n<li>Kia Niro EV (e-Niro) &#8211; 11,197<\/li>\n<li>Volkswagen ID.3 &#8211; 9,832<\/li>\n<li>Nissan Leaf &#8211; 9,178<\/li>\n<li>Mini Cooper SE &#8211; 7,425<\/li>\n<li>Polestar 2 &#8211; 7,345<\/li>\n<li>MG 5 EV &#8211; 7,030<\/li>\n<li>BMW i4 &#8211; 6,699<\/li>\n<li>Audi Q4 e-tron &#8211; 6,594<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<section class=\"trinity-skip-it\" contenteditable=\"false\" draggable=\"true\" data-widget=\"special_image\" data-align=\"center\">\n<div class=\"spi_wrapper\"><a class=\"lightzoom\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.motor1.com\/images\/custom\/uk-car-reg-12-2022-source-smmt-c.png\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"custom-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.motor1.com\/images\/custom\/thumbnail\/uk-car-reg-12-2022-source-smmt-c.png\" alt=\"external_image\" width=\"1741\" height=\"1497\" loading=\"lazy\"\/> <\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>In the case of light commercial vehicles (LCV), some 21,825 were registered last month (down 26% year-over-year). Out of that, about 1,705 were all-electric (down 32%), which translated to a market share of 7.8%.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, 16,744 all-electric vans were registered, which is 31% more than a year ago and almost 6% of the total volume.<\/p>\n<p>Opel&#8217;s Vauxhall reports that its e-LCV lineup (Combo Electric, Vivaro Electric, and Movano Electric) noted 5,038 sales in 2022, including 4,212 Vauxhall Vivaro Electric. This makes the brand the segment leader.<\/p>\n<section class=\"trinity-skip-it\" contenteditable=\"false\" draggable=\"true\" data-widget=\"special_image\" data-align=\"center\">\n<div class=\"spi_wrapper\"><a class=\"lightzoom\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.motor1.com\/images\/custom\/uk-car-reg-12-2022-source-smmt-d.jpeg\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"custom-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.motor1.com\/images\/custom\/thumbnail\/uk-car-reg-12-2022-source-smmt-d.jpeg\" alt=\"external_image\" width=\"1637\" height=\"1127\" loading=\"lazy\"\/> <\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"relatedContent-new trinity-skip-it\" contenteditable=\"false\" draggable=\"true\" data-widget=\"related-content\" data-widget-size=\"content\" data-params=\"%7B%22type_id%22%3A0%2C%22title_id%22%3A%22%22%2C%22items%22%3A%5B%7B%22article_edition_id%22%3A%22626208%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22UK%3A%20Ford%20To%20Produce%20420%2C000%20EV%20Drive%20Units%20Annually%20In%20Halewood%22%2C%22alias%22%3A%22uk-ford-ev-drive-units-halewood%22%2C%22section%22%3A%221%22%2C%22is_video%22%3A%220%22%2C%22images%22%3A%7B%22s5%22%3A%22https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.motor1.com%2Fimages%2Fmgl%2FVzXjyl%2Fs5%2Fford-halewood-operations-uk.jpg%22%7D%7D%2C%7B%22article_edition_id%22%3A%22623273%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22Tesla%20Megapacks%20Power%20Europe's%20Largest%20Battery%20Energy%20Storage%20System%22%2C%22alias%22%3A%22tesla-europe-largest-battery-energy-storage%22%2C%22section%22%3A%221%22%2C%22is_video%22%3A%220%22%2C%22images%22%3A%7B%22s5%22%3A%22https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.motor1.com%2Fimages%2Fmgl%2FKPznb%2Fs5%2Ftesla-megapack-energy-storage-system.jpg%22%7D%7D%5D%7D\">   <\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In December, new passenger car registrations in the United Kingdom increased by 18 percent year-over-year to 128,462. It was the fifth consecutive month of growth, however, it was not enough to offset the previous declines, and the year 2022 closed with 1,614,063 units, 2 percent less than 2021. 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