Number of Derry City and Strabane electric vehicles rose by over 75% last year

By Andrew Dowdeswell, Data Reporter
Published 30th May 2022, 10:26 BST
A Volvo car being charged using a Ubitricity lampost EV charging point, London. Picture date: Friday March 5, 2021.A Volvo car being charged using a Ubitricity lampost EV charging point, London. Picture date: Friday March 5, 2021.
A Volvo car being charged using a Ubitricity lampost EV charging point, London. Picture date: Friday March 5, 2021.
The number of electric vehicles in Derry City and Strabane rose by over 75% last year, new figures show.

The number of electric vehicles in Derry City and Strabane rose by over 75% last year, new figures show.

The Government is aiming to entirely phase out petrol and diesel-powered cars by 2030, with battery electric vehicles planned to account for all car sales by 2035.

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Auto Trader said the recent surge is positive, but that electric cars are still too expensive for many people to make the switch from petrol and diesel-powered vehicles.

Department for Transport figures show there were 186 battery-electric vehicles in Derry City and Strabane at the end of last year – up from 104 at the end of 2020, a 79% rise.

It meant 82 electric vehicles were newly registered in 2021 – ​more than double​ the 35 the year before.

Across the UK, the number of electric vehicles on the roads almost doubled, increasing by 94% from 215,000 at the end of 2020 to 420,000 last year.

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