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Everything I read says 2023 was a record year for EV sales in the UK. What is your source for “dropped a fair bit”?

> New BEV sales (by registrations) increased by 17.7% in 2023, compared with the previous year.

https://www.webuyanycar.com/about-us/press-centre/ev-statist....

And this year:

> New AutoMotive says that 18% of all new cars sold in February were electric, according to analysis of separate data from the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA).

> It suggests that more than 14,000 electric vehicles (EVs) were purchased in the UK in the second month of 2024. Year-on-year EV sales grew by 28% in February.

https://www.fleetnews.co.uk/news/one-in-six-new-cars-pure-el...

In relative terms (of new cars sold) they're down around 1%. That isn't good when share needs to be increasing.

Policy support for EV adoption has been woefully poor and inconsistent (you could generally say this about most things from the government at the moment...).

It's hard to make investment decisions around EV infrastructure when the government keeps changing their plans every leader.

What data are you referring to?