Reports

3/5/2025 - February 2025

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Car Registrations: February 2025

UK new car registrations were down -1.0% YoY to 84,886 in February, an improvement over -2.9% YoY in January.

• Gas-powered car registrations were down -17.3% YoY and market share fell below 50% to 47.4%.
• Battery-power car registrations surged 41.7% YoY and market share increased 7.6 ppts to 25.3%.

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2/5/2025 - January 2025

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New Car Registrations: January 2025

Total UK new car registrations fell -2.5% YoY in January, down from the -0.2% YoY decline reported in December.

• Gas-powered car registrations fell -15.3% YoY, losing substantial market share to start 2025.
• Battery powered electric vehicles saw sales surge 41.6% YoY which caused its market share in January to increase from 14.7% in 2024 to 21.3% in 2025. </aside>

1/6/2025 - December 2025

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New Car Registrations: December 2025

New UK car registrations in December were 140,786, or down -0.2% YoY. When segmented by car type, diesel and petrol registrations were down -27.4% YoY and -20.9% YoY while battery EV registrations jumped 56.8% YoY. Business registrations increased 9.6% YoY offsetting the -1.7% YoY decline in private registrations.

In 2024, UK registrations were up 2.6% vs last year but still well below pre-pandemic levels.

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