H1 2024: Passenger Cars
New plug-in vehicle registrations amounted to 22.7% for the first half of the year, comprised of:
Additional registrations from used imports in the period amounted to:
New Vehicles |
H1 2024 |
Market Share |
H1 2023 |
Market Share |
H1 2022 |
Market Share |
BEV |
10,747 |
13.6% |
14,307 |
18.4% |
8,446 |
13.0% |
PHEV |
7,169 |
9.1% |
6,251 |
8.1% |
4,959 |
7.6% |
Used Vehicle Imports |
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BEV |
815 |
974 |
167 |
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PHEV |
4,048 |
2,112 |
1,630 |
Clearly BEVs have fallen out of favour with buyers so far this year, with the number of new units registered decreasing 3,560 units (-24.9%) v. H1 2023. Used imports too have decreased, albeit to a lesser extent (-16.3%).
The top 5 most-registered new BEVs for H1 2024 were the:
PHEVs however, continued to improve in popularity, with the number of new PHEVs increasing by 918 units (+14.7%) v. H1 2023, while used imports almost doubled (+91.7%).
The top 5 most-registered new PHEVs for H1 2024 were the:
H1 2024: Commercial
Both light and heavy commercial vehicle registrations are dominated by diesel. The number of plug-in light commercial vehicles registered increased modestly (+7.2%) to 480 v. H1 2023’s 448, with the Maxus eDeliver 3 being the most popular.
Heavy commercial vehicles significantly increased to 229 units in H1 2024, accounting for 9.9% of all heavy commercial vehicles registered. These almost entirely (216 units) relate to buses from Wrightbus & Alexander Dennis.
June 2024
Looking at just this past month, new plug-in vehicle registrations amounted to 53.5% in June, comprised of:
Additional registrations from used imports accounted for a further:
The top 3 most-registered BEVs in June were the:
As with May, the ever decreasing number of registrations pre-242 licence plates also resulted in the Teslas being the top 2 most registered vehicles this month regardless of fuel type.
Provided below is a complete breakdown of new BEVs registered in June, January - June, & registrations for the prior year:
Make |
Model |
June 2024 |
% sales June 2024 |
2024 (Jan - June) |
% sales 2024 (Jan - June) |
2023 (Jan - Dec) |
% sales 2023 (Jan - Dec) |
Volkswagen |
ID.4 |
26 |
3.8% |
862 |
8.0% |
2,922 |
12.8% |
Tesla |
Model Y |
226 |
32.7% |
823 |
7.7% |
2,220 |
9.7% |
Tesla |
Model 3 |
289 |
41.8% |
777 |
7.2% |
1,143 |
5.0% |
Hyundai |
Kona |
7 |
1.0% |
570 |
5.3% |
721 |
3.2% |
MG |
MG4 |
2 |
473 |
4.4% |
1,149 |
5.0% |
|
Skoda |
Enyaq |
4 |
462 |
4.3% |
1,259 |
5.5% |
|
Volkswagen |
ID.3 |
2 |
462 |
4.3% |
803 |
3.5% |
|
BYD |
Seal |
6 |
461 |
4.3% |
6 |
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Kia |
EV6 |
2 |
411 |
3.8% |
936 |
4.1% |
|
Audi |
Q4 e-tron |
7 |
1.0% |
331 |
3.1% |
609 |
2.7% |
Hyundai |
Ioniq 5 |
4 |
307 |
2.9% |
1,250 |
5.5% |
|
Kia |
Niro |
1 |
289 |
2.7% |
706 |
3.1% |
|
BMW |
iX1 |
12 |
1.7% |
274 |
2.5% |
155 |
|
BYD |
ATTO 3 |
5 |
271 |
2.5% |
506 |
2.2% |
|
Nissan |
Leaf |
4 |
237 |
2.2% |
437 |
1.9% |
|
Toyota |
BZ4X |
10 |
1.4% |
219 |
2.0% |
651 |
2.9% |
Cupra |
Born |
2 |
208 |
1.9% |
635 |
2.8% |
|
Volvo |
XC40 |
3 |
199 |
1.9% |
429 |
1.9% |
|
Volvo |
EX30 |
4 |
189 |
1.8% |
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BYD |
Dolphin |
1 |
181 |
1.7% |
28 |
||
Renault |
Megane |
2 |
179 |
1.7% |
545 |
2.4% |
|
Kia |
EV9 |
2 |
173 |
1.6% |
11 |
||
Hyundai |
Ioniq 6 |
161 |
1.5% |
342 |
1.5% |
||
Nissan |
Ariya |
151 |
1.4% |
106 |
|||
BMW |
I4 |
1 |
137 |
1.3% |
543 |
2.4% |
|
Mercedes-Benz |
EQE |
1 |
135 |
1.3% |
168 |
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MG |
ZS |
4 |
133 |
1.2% |
270 |
1.2% |
|
Volkswagen |
ID.7 |
2 |
117 |
1.1% |
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Polestar |
Polestar 2 |
16 |
2.3% |
111 |
1.0% |
313 |
1.4% |
BMW |
iX3 |
7 |
1.0% |
96 |
309 |
1.4% |
|
Volkswagen |
Up |
91 |
153 |
||||
Mercedes-Benz |
EQB |
1 |
86 |
119 |
|||
Audi |
Q8 e-tron |
83 |
107 |
||||
MG |
MG5 |
7 |
1.0% |
78 |
196 |
||
Mercedes-Benz |
EQE SUV |
1 |
74 |
18 |
|||
Volkswagen |
ID.5 |
1 |
73 |
317 |
1.4% |
||
Volvo |
C40 |
64 |
141 |
||||
Peugeot |
2008 |
63 |
308 |
1.4% |
|||
Porsche |
Taycan |
5 |
59 |
191 |
|||
Mercedes-Benz |
EQA |
2 |
50 |
91 |
|||
Volkswagen |
ID Buzz PC |
43 |
|||||
Citroen |
C4 |
39 |
62 |
||||
BMW |
I5 |
39 |
23 |
||||
Opel |
Mokka |
37 |
212 |
||||
GMW |
Ora 03 |
36 |
32 |
||||
Peugeot |
208 |
29 |
204 |
||||
Citroen |
EC4X |
1 |
28 |
22 |
|||
BMW |
iX |
27 |
132 |
||||
Peugeot |
3008 |
3 |
24 |
||||
Audi |
E-Tron GT |
24 |
102 |
||||
Fiat |
500 |
22 |
130 |
||||
Jeep |
Avenger |
1 |
20 |
13 |
|||
Jaguar |
I-Pace |
20 |
64 |
||||
Mini |
Mini Hatch |
1 |
19 |
284 |
1.2% |
||
Opel |
Astra |
15 |
|||||
Ford |
Mach-E |
15 |
83 |
||||
Mini |
Mini Countryman |
8 |
1.2% |
14 |
|||
Citroen |
Berlingo Pass |
1 |
14 |
31 |
|||
Mercedes-Benz |
EQS SUV |
13 |
28 |
||||
Audi |
E-Tron |
13 |
33 |
||||
BMW |
iX2 |
12 |
|||||
Peugeot |
Rifter |
12 |
16 |
||||
Smart |
Smart 1 |
12 |
|||||
Citroen |
Space Tourer |
11 |
24 |
||||
BMW |
7 Series |
10 |
31 |
||||
Mercedes-Benz |
EQS |
8 |
55 |
||||
Smart |
Smart 3 |
1 |
7 |
||||
Peugeot |
308 |
7 |
|||||
Subaru |
Solterra |
7 |
32 |
||||
Opel |
Combo Pass |
5 |
7 |
||||
Opel |
Corsa |
5 |
64 |
||||
Honda |
NY1 |
5 |
|||||
Mercedes-Benz |
AMG |
4 |
6 |
||||
RENAULT |
SCENIC |
4 |
|||||
Mini |
Mini Coupe |
3 |
3 |
||||
Polestar |
Polestar 3 |
3 |
3 |
||||
Ssangyong |
Korando |
3 |
|||||
Mazda |
MX |
3 |
23 |
||||
Peugeot |
Expert |
1 |
2 |
5 |
|||
Fiat |
Doblo |
2 |
|||||
DS |
DS3 |
2 |
10 |
||||
Mercedes-Benz |
EQV |
2 |
5 |
||||
Ssangyong |
Torres |
2 |
|||||
Fiat |
600 |
1 |
|||||
BMW |
4 Series |
1 |
3 |
||||
Honda |
Honda E |
1 |
17 |
||||
Audi |
SQ8 |
1 |
|||||
Opel |
Vivaro Passenger Van |
1 |
|||||
Mercedes-Benz |
EQC |
15 |
|||||
Maxus |
MIFA |
8 |
|||||
Tesla |
Model S |
3 |
|||||
Tesla |
Model X |
5 |
|||||
Peugeot |
Unknown |
1 |
|||||
BMW |
X1 |
1 |
|||||
Opel |
Zafira |
11 |
|||||
Renault |
Zoe |
179 |
|||||
Total |
692 |
10,747 |
22,789 |
Source: SIMI Motorstats
Note: SIMI numbers reported may include a number of miscategorised registrations.