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EV Registrations - H1 & June 2024

Written by Thomas | Jul 15, 2024 9:15:00 AM

H1 2024: Passenger Cars

New plug-in vehicle registrations amounted to 22.7% for the first half of the year, comprised of:

  • 10,747 (13.6%) BEVs, &;
  • 7,169 (9.1%) PHEVs.

Additional registrations from used imports in the period amounted to:

  • 815 BEVs, &;
  • 4,048 PHEVs.

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

           

BEV

815

 

974

 

167

 

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:

  1. Volkswagen ID.4;
  2. Tesla Model Y;
  3. Tesla Model 3;
  4. Hyundai Kona, &;
  5. MG MG4.

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:

  1. Hyundai Tucson;
  2. Ford Kuga;
  3. KIA Sportage;
  4. BMW 5 Series, &;
  5. Volvo XC60.

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:

  • 692 (46.2%) BEVs, &;
  • 110 (7.3%) PHEVs.

Additional registrations from used imports accounted for a further:

  • 108 BEVs, &;
  • 605 PHEVs.

The top 3 most-registered BEVs in June were the:

  1. Tesla Model 3
  2. Tesla Model Y
  3. Volkswagen ID.4

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

 

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%

   

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

 

MG

ZS

4

 

133

1.2%

270

1.2%

Volkswagen

ID.7

2

 

117

1.1%

   

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.