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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Jasper Jolly

Battery electric cars will overtake diesels in Great Britain by 2030, analysis suggests

Kia electric car charging on a street in London
Battery electric cars made up only 4% of the cars on UK roads last year. Photograph: Alex Segre/Alamy

Battery electric cars are poised to overtake diesels on Great Britain’s roads by 2030, according to analysis that suggests London will be the first UK city to go diesel-free.

The number of diesel cars on Great Britain’s roads in June had fallen to 9.9m in June last year, 21% below its peak of 12.4m vehicles, according to analysis by New AutoMotive, a thinktank focused on the transition to electric cars. Electric car sales are still growing rapidly, albeit more slowly than manufacturers had expected.

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