UK Overtakes Germany to Become Europe’s Top Electric-Car Market
- Sales mandate helps country shine in diffcult year for EVs
- Demand in Germany has slumped since consumer incentives ended
An employee shows a customer electric vehicles at BYD West London.
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The UK surpassed Germany to become Europe’s largest electric-car market as the country’s EV sales mandate helped it buck a demand slowdown elsewhere in the region.
Registrations of new fully electric vehicles in Germany fell more than a quarter to 380,609 last year, according to data released Monday by the KBA regulator. That’s fewer than the 381,970 sold in the UK, where EV registrations surged 21%.