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Electric or plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) continue to grow in popularity. Electric or plug-in hybrid electric vehicles constitute 16% of all new cars licensed for the first time in 2021 compared to 8% in the same period in 2020. This means that out of all new private cars, the share of new electric and plug-in-hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) has doubled. Looking exclusively at electric-only cars, the share of new electric cars licensed increased from 5% in 2020 to 8% in 2021.
| Table 1.1 Number of new vehicles licensed for the first time by taxation class and type of fuel, 2021 | |||||||||
| Taxation class | Type of fuel | Total | |||||||
| Petrol | Diesel | Electric | Petrol and electric hybrid | Diesel and electric hybrid | Petrol or Diesel plug-in hybrid electric | Other | |||
| Private cars | 32,950 | 34,396 | 8,554 | 16,027 | 2,008 | 7,626 | 292 | 101,853 | |
| Goods vehicles | 28 | 27,258 | 894 | 7 | 157 | 20 | 23 | 28,387 | |
| Tractors | 63 | 2,428 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,491 | |
| Motor cycles | 2,260 | 4 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2,335 | |
| Exempt vehicles | 1,163 | 3,002 | 60 | 911 | 219 | 244 | 5 | 5,604 | |
| Public service vehicles | 1 | 311 | 42 | 31 | 143 | 100 | 2 | 630 | |
| of which | |||||||||
| Small | 1 | 79 | 40 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 156 | |
| Large | 0 | 232 | 2 | 0 | 138 | 100 | 2 | 474 | |
| Machines or contrivances | 0 | 570 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 570 | |
| Other classes | 7 | 499 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 506 | |
| Total new vehicles | 36,472 | 68,468 | 9,616 | 16,976 | 2,527 | 7,995 | 322 | 142,376 | |
| Source: CSO | |||||||||
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