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Electric vehicles rose 241% to 10.7% in the United Kingdom in 2020, according to ACEA (Electrically Chargeable Vehicle = Battery Electric Vehicles+Extended-Range Electric Vehicles+Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles+Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles.
Historically, Electric vehicles in the United Kingdom reached an all time high of 10.7% in 2020 and an all time low of 0.009% in 2005. When compared to United Kingdom's main peers, Electric vehicles in Belgium amounted to 10.7%, 11.3% in France, 13.5% in Germany and 7.36% in Ireland in 2020.
United Kingdom has been ranked 13th within the group of 29 countries we follow in terms of Electric vehicles, 6 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Total Chargeable Electric Vehicles (As % of New Cars Sold) | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Austria | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.566% | 0.903% | 1.54% | 2.02% | 2.54% | |||
| Belgium | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.424% | 0.766% | 1.67% | 2.62% | 2.43% | |||
| Canada | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.666% | 0.977% | 1.75% | 2.61% | 7.64% | ... | ||||
| France | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.696% | 1.19% | 1.45% | 1.75% | 2.10% | |||||||
| Germany | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.432% | 0.735% | 0.752% | 1.59% | 1.97% | |||||||
| Iceland | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Ireland | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.266% | 0.467% | 0.471% | 0.722% | 1.57% | |||
| Italy | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.104% | 0.149% | 0.154% | 0.245% | 0.509% | |||
| Luxembourg | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Netherlands | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3.82% | 9.89% | 5.99% | 2.67% | 6.69% | ||||||||
| Poland | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.043% | 0.095% | 0.137% | 0.220% | 0.249% | |||
| Spain | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.158% | 0.205% | 0.319% | 0.605% | 0.894% | |||
| United Kingdom | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.590% | 1.09% | 1.38% | 1.86% | 2.53% |
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