Almost 340,000 “alternatively fuelled” cars, such as the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV, were registered in Britain in 2020Sales of green cars officially overtook diesels for the first time in 2020 as the shift away from fossil fuels accelerated during the pandemic. New figures published by the Department for Transport show that 338,000 new “alternatively fuelled” cars were registered in Britain in 2020 compared with only 295,000 diesels. SponsoredIt was revealed that alternatively fuelled cars — mainly pure electric models and hybrids that run on both a combustion engine and battery power — saw an 87 per cent year-on-year rise in sales. The very cleanest electric cars accounted for 107,000 sales alone, representing a 184 per cent annual increase. By comparison, the sale of diesels dropped by 51 per cent in 2020.

Source: The Times May 13, 2021 16:02 UTC