Plug-in vehicles accounted for 22.8% of all new cars registered in July comprised of:
With the new 232 licence plates now available it is interesting to note that both BEV and PHEV volumes and proportion of registrations are up on January 2023 (231 licence plate introduction). Additionally, BEV registrations have now surpassed BEV registrations for the entirety of 2022 – with five months to go, by how much remains to be seen.
Additional registrations from used imports in July accounted for a further:
The top-3 registered new BEVs in July were the:
This month also saw the return of the Tesla Model S and X (the last of which were registered early 2021), with the first of the left hand drive vehicles being registered.
Presented below is a complete breakdown of new BEVs registered in July, and registrations for prior years:
| Make | Model | July 2023 |
% sales July 2023 |
2023 (Jan – July) |
% sales 2023 (Jan – July) |
2022 (Jan – Dec) |
% sales 2022 (Jan – Dec) |
| MG | MG4 | 568 | 13.7% | 805 | 4.4% | ||
| Volkswagen | ID.4 | 559 | 13.4% | 2,586 | 14.0% | 2,983 | 16.2% |
| Skoda | Enyaq | 276 | 6.6% | 1,043 | 5.7% | 620 | 3.4% |
| BYD | ATTO 3 | 207 | 5.0% | 318 | 1.7% | ||
| Cupra | Born | 200 | 4.8% | 525 | 2.8% | 126 | |
| Hyundai | Ioniq 5 | 184 | 4.4% | 1,192 | 6.5% | 1,165 | 6.3% |
| Kia | EV6 | 166 | 4.0% | 763 | 4.1% | 955 | 5.2% |
| Hyundai | Kona | 146 | 3.5% | 656 | 3.6% | 683 | 3.7% |
| Renault | Megane | 144 | 3.5% | 507 | 2.7% | 18 | |
| Hyundai | Ioniq 6 | 141 | 3.4% | 298 | 1.6% | ||
| Toyota | BZ4X | 126 | 3.0% | 602 | 3.3% | 140 | |
| Volkswagen | ID.3 | 122 | 2.9% | 687 | 3.7% | 924 | 5.0% |
| Audi | Q4 e-tron | 105 | 2.5% | 525 | 2.8% | 202 | 1.1% |
| Kia | Niro | 89 | 2.1% | 566 | 3.1% | 657 | 3.6% |
| Volvo | XC40 | 86 | 2.1% | 368 | 2.0% | 389 | 2.1% |
| Volkswagen | ID.5 | 77 | 1.9% | 290 | 1.6% | 233 | 1.3% |
| MG | ZS | 72 | 1.7% | 194 | 1.1% | 189 | 1.0% |
| Peugeot | 2008 | 71 | 1.7% | 245 | 1.3% | 321 | 1.7% |
| Volkswagen | Up | 71 | 1.7% | 114 | |||
| MG | MG5 | 67 | 1.6% | 149 | 219 | 1.2% | |
| Nissan | Leaf | 60 | 1.4% | 423 | 2.3% | 877 | 4.8% |
| BMW | I4 | 58 | 1.4% | 450 | 2.4% | 235 | 1.3% |
| Porsche | Taycan | 46 | 1.1% | 166 | 109 | ||
| Mercedes-Benz | EQE | 45 | 1.1% | 167 | 41 | ||
| Audi | Q8 e-tron | 45 | 1.1% | 71 | |||
| BMW | iX1 | 36 | 133 | ||||
| BMW | iX3 | 36 | 213 | 1.2% | 207 | 1.1% | |
| Mercedes-Benz | EQB | 32 | 109 | 135 | |||
| Tesla | Model Y | 31 | 1,555 | 8.4% | 274 | 1.5% | |
| Polestar | Polestar 2 | 28 | 236 | 1.3% | 123 | ||
| Mercedes-Benz | EQA | 24 | 79 | 196 | 1.1% | ||
| Peugeot | 208 | 23 | 176 | 245 | 1.3% | ||
| Renault | Zoe | 23 | 99 | 311 | 1.7% | ||
| BMW | iX | 20 | 123 | 209 | 1.1% | ||
| Opel | Mokka | 18 | 199 | 1.1% | 107 | ||
| Audi | E-Tron | 15 | 92 | 244 | 1.3% | ||
| Citroen | C4 | 14 | 56 | 84 | |||
| Mini | Mini Hatch | 14 | 227 | 1.2% | 226 | 1.2% | |
| Citroen | Berlingo Pass | 12 | 27 | 23 | |||
| Mercedes-Benz | EQS SUV | 11 | 19 | ||||
| Volvo | C40 | 10 | 129 | 89 | |||
| Nissan | Ariya | 8 | 100 | 60 | |||
| Mercedes-Benz | EQS | 8 | 54 | 68 | |||
| Tesla | Model 3 | 8 | 653 | 3.5% | 1,044 | 5.7% | |
| BMW | 7 Series | 7 | 26 | 6 | |||
| Fiat | 500 | 6 | 73 | 134 | |||
| Jaguar | I-Pace | 5 | 52 | 111 | |||
| Opel | Corsa | 4 | 47 | 115 | |||
| Mercedes-Benz | EQC | 4 | 15 | 45 | |||
| Ora | Funky Cat | 4 | 30 | 2 | |||
| Ford | Mach-E | 4 | 58 | 84 | |||
| Citroen | Space Tourer | 4 | 19 | 16 | |||
| Mercedes-Benz | AMG | 2 | 5 | 2 | |||
| Opel | Combo Pass | 2 | 6 | 2 | |||
| Honda | Honda E | 2 | 15 | 36 | |||
| Subaru | Solterra | 2 | 26 | ||||
| DS | DS3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | |||
| Mercedes-Benz | E Class | 1 | 32 | 1 | |||
| Audi | E-Tron GT | 1 | 1 | 63 | |||
| Maxus | MIFA | 1 | 7 | ||||
| Tesla | Model S | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Tesla | Model X | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Mazda | MX | 1 | 21 | 71 | |||
| Peugeot | Rifter | 1 | 7 | 2 | |||
| Opel | Zafira | 1 | 8 | 5 | |||
| Fiat | 500C | 15 | |||||
| Mercedes-Benz | EQV | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Peugeot | Expert | 2 | 16 | ||||
| BMW | I3 | 21 | |||||
| Hyundai | Ioniq | 120 | |||||
| Kia | Soul | 60 | |||||
| Opel | Vivaro Passenger Van | 12 | |||||
| Total | 4,157 | 18,454 | 15,678 |
Source: SIMI Motorstats
*SIMI numbers reported may include a number of miscategorised registrations.