SMMT: UK second-hand EV sales double to reach record market share

Stuart Stone
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Battery electric vehicles grow to almost two per cent of UK's used car market as over 34,000 units change hands over three-month period

Demand for second hand battery electric vehicles (BEVs) doubled throughout July, August, and September this year, reaching a record 1.8 per cent share of the UK's overall used car market, the latest industry...

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