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Registrations of new cars dropped by more than 10% between April 2024 and April 2025

Electric and plug-in hybrid cars continued to grow in popularity last month, despite a broader drop in the number of new cars registered across the UK.

New car registrations fell from 134,274 in April 2024 to 120,331 last month, a year-on-year drop of 10.4%.

That made last month the worst April for new car registrations since 2022 and far behind pre-pandemic April 2019, when nearly 160,000 cars were sold.

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