The UK’s output of new cars and light vans stabilised in January 2023 as production of electrified models surged.
Hybrid, plug-in hybrid and battery-electric models accounted for 41.3% of cars and light vans built in the UK in January, according to new figures released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).
Overall, 68,575 vehicles rolled off UK production lines last month, a 0.3% decline compared with January 2022.
The 215-unit shortfall was primarily down to structural changes, said the SMMT, with “one major plant” – understood to be Stellantis’s Ellesmere Port facility – switching from car to van production.