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Electric vehicle boom fuels rise in UK new car sales
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The number of new cars sold in the UK rose for the first time in four months in November, fuelled by a doubling of sales of electric vehicles as consumers increasingly look to more environmentally friendly forms of transport.
Almost 22,000 pure electric vehicles were registered in November, more than double the 10,345 registered in the same month last year, as the share of total sales accounted for by battery-powered electric vehicles climbed to 19%.
The Tesla Model 3 proved to be the third bestselling car last month, with 3,077 sold, and is the bestselling pure electric vehicle in the UK, according to the figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).
The boom in electric car sales helped overall sales of new cars reach
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