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7,940 commercial vehicles produced in November – a decline of -7.8% and -4.4% below five-year average pre-Covid.

UK car manufacturing output declines -28.7% in November with 75,756 cars leaving factory gates.
Production for domestic and overseas markets falls -18.8% and -30.4% respectively.
Battery electric vehicle output surges 52.9% in November, to reach record 13.7% share.
Sector broadly prepared for full UK-EU customs controls on 1 January but nervousness remains.

SMMT released figures for November pre-registrations in the UK new car market. The data shows the number of cars disposed of by vehicle manufacturers in November 2021 that were defined as pre-registrations. Download the November 2021 release

“The deal provides the UK automotive sector with tariff-free access to Australia”

Mike Hawes, SMMT Chief Executive, said: Slashing the grants for electric vehicles once again is a blow to customers looking to make the switch and couldn’t come at a worse time, with inflation at a ten-year high and pandemic-related economic…

LCV market delivers 31,320 new registrations – 11.4% up on pre-pandemic average.

115,706 new cars registered in November, an increase of 1.7% on lockdown-hit November 2020 and -31.3% below the pre-pandemic five-year average as semiconductor shortages constrain supply.
Plug-in cars represented 28.1% of market in November, with 21,726 battery electric vehicle registrations and 10,796 plug-in hybrids.
SMMT calls for commensurate targets for charging infrastructure rollout, with just one on-street public charger currently installed for every 52 new plug-in cars registered in 2021.

New SMMT analysis reveals that the number of battery electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles potentially sharing a standard public charge point deteriorated from 11 to 16 vehicles per charger between 2019 and 2020.
Only one new charger is currently being installed for every 52 new electric vehicles registered, with cars that can be plugged-in now accounting for one in every six new car registrations.
SMMT calls for commensurate targets for charging infrastructure rollout to ensure all can have the confidence to make the switch to zero emission motoring.

SMMT released figures for October pre-registrations in the UK new car market. The data shows the number of cars disposed of by vehicle manufacturers in October 2021 that were defined as pre-registrations. Download the October 2021 release