EVWire brief: 32,738 EVs were sold in the United Kingdom in May 2025, growing 25.8% Year-over-Year (YoY), and achieving 21.8% market share in the overall 150,070 cars sold (+1.6% YoY). In other words, every 5th (well, every 4.6th) car sold in the UK in May was fully electric.
Same time last year: The EV market share in May this year is a significant jump from May 2024 going 17.6%→21.8%.
So far this year: looking at year-to-date (YTD) numbers Jan-May, United Kingdom has seen 177,487 new EV registrations this year, which is 33.4% more than Jan-May 2024 with 133,062 EV sales. And the EV market share so far this year is 20.9%, significantly higher than 16.1% same time last year.
Source: SMMT
When it comes to light commercial vehicles, BEVs <3.5T recorded a 53.7% growth to 1,655 new registrations, making up 7.2% of all light commercial vehicle sales, marking a solid jump over 4.2% in May 2024. So far this year, 9,756 of these <3.5T BEVs have been registered, up 41.9% and making up 7.6% across powertrains.
Source: Official Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) data. Header image: from me, at the London EV Show in 2024.
DIG DEEPER: While we’re still ramping up our per-country filtering for United Kingtom, and per-automaker or per-country sales tracking that will be monthly, you can revisit our unique 2024 EV sales global overview for more sales info, or see our latest EV sales reporting on the columns on the bottom of our Sales Tracker page.UK
