Green vehicle registrations up 46.7% in May

Registrations of alternatively fuelled vehicles (AFVs) rose by 46.7% in May to take a record market share of 4.4%. According to the Society of Motor Manufacturers & Traders (SMMT), more than 8,000 were registered in the month, bringing the total number of new AFVs to have joined Britain’s roads so far this year up to […]

EU’s green vehicle registrations up 37.6% in Q1 2017

Registrations of alternatively fuelled vehicles (AFV) in the EU grew by 37.6% in the first quarter of this year. New data from the European Automobile Manufacturers Association shows demand for green cars totaled 212,945 units, up from 154,754 during the same period a year earlier. Registrations of electric charge vehicles rose 29.9% last year to 47,196 this quarter. […]

Green vehicles hit 4% market share milestone

For the first time, alternatively fuelled vehicles (AFVs) now make up more than 4% of all new cars sold. The milestone was broken in January as the segment swelled by 19.9% to take a record 4.2% of the market share. That’s up from 3.6% last year, according to new figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). The […]