GRA
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https://insideevs.com/british-plug-in-market-expands-and-heads-to-3-market-share/
I don't know how whether U.K. subsidies favor BEVs, PHEVs or are even, but I suspect that the lack of home charging for most British households (80% can't, according to one study I posted here not long ago ) is the reason for PHEVs taking such a large lead there. A PHEV can make use of opportunity charging when it's available, and be driven as a high mpg HEV the rest of the time, gradually increasing the amount of electric operating as more chargers are built.. . . In total, some 4,550 new plug-in cars were registered, which is 26% more than year ago, at market share of almost 2.8% (close to the all-time record of 2.9% in December 2017).
Most of the market and growth comes from plug-in hybrids:
881 BEVs (up 3.6% year-over-year)
3,669 PHEVs (up 33.5% year-over-year)