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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Ross Lydall

Electric cars make up almost half of all new sales across London

More than 10,000 electric vehicle charging points have been installed in London

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Electric vehicles accounted for almost one in two new cars bought in London last month, it has been revealed.

Almost 6,000 fully electric or hybrid plug-in cars were registered in London in June, outselling conventional petrol cars by more than 200 vehicles. The figures, from New AutoMotive, a non-profit organisation aiming to accelerate the move to electric vehicles, show London continues to lead the rest of the country in switching to greener forms of motoring.

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