Number of ULEVs on British roads passes 100,000

The number of ultra-low emission vehicles in Britain has surpassed the 100,000 mark, The Times has reported.

This is said to be down to the rise in electric vehicle sales.

At the end of March, there was around 96,000 plug-in electric cars and vans registered in the UK and nearly 7,000 non-plug-in hybrids that meet ultra-low emission standards.

This brings the overall total to 108,600.

In addition, over 13,800 new ultra-low emissions vehicles were registered in the three months to March, a 17 per cent increase on the same period of 2016.