Electric cars are about to overtake petrol in the UK, data shows

Re:Electric cars are about to overtake petrol in the UK, dat... by cloudie78 on Monday November 09, 2026 @06:15AM (#50424047)

Misleading title

From the article:

> At the current pace, electric cars will outsell petrol in the UK within a year. And it could happen as soon as this December.

Not the number of cars on the road - it’s new-car sales.

For reference only 4.9% of cars on the road are fully electric, while 87.8% are petrol or diesel.

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Re:Electric cars are about to overtake petrol in the UK, dat... by spottedmarley on Monday November 09, 2026 @06:21AM (#50424088)

What are the remaining 7.3%? Horse-drawn buggies?

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Re:Electric cars are about to overtake petrol in the UK, dat... by cloudie78 on Monday November 09, 2026 @06:24AM (#50424109)

Hybrids? HEV and PHEV?

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Re:Electric cars are about to overtake petrol in the UK, dat... by graemep on Monday November 09, 2026 @06:23AM (#50424104)

Hybrids.

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Re:Electric cars are about to overtake petrol in the UK, dat... by rsynnott on Monday November 09, 2026 @07:01AM (#50424421)

Hybrids, and probably the odd CNG/LNG one. And one or two hydrogen.

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Re:Electric cars are about to overtake petrol in the UK, dat... by drcongo on Monday November 09, 2026 @08:13AM (#50425140)

And diesel. People still buy diesel cars in the UK for some reason.

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