b'EV MARKET Electric vehicles enjoyed a record year in 2021 for car sales in the UK against a market place which was 28.7% below pre-Covid levels. Overall, 1.65 million new cars were registered in 2021 (1% up on 2020) due to the ongoing impact of the pandemic and the global semiconductor chip shortage. Despite this, more battery electric vehicles (BEV) were sold than over the previous five years combined (20162020), with 190,727 registrations (11.6% of all new car sales), while plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs) made EV & Toolsup 7% / 114,554 cars.This means that 18.5% of all new cars registered in 2021 can be plugged in. New Car Sales - April 2018 New Car Sales - April 20217,7955%11,685Electric 11% Electric44,806 96,348 Hybrid 27,814 58,480 Hybrid30%64% Diesel 26% 54% DieselPetrol 10,373 Petrol10% AdvancedConnectionsEurope BEV sales grew again in January with 14,433 being sold making up 12.5% of all new registrations. This trend continued in February with a market share of 17.7% of all new registrations. March 2022 saw the highest volume of BEV registrations ever being recorded in a single month with 39,315 new zero emission cars leaving the dealershipsan increase of 78.7% on March 2021. In fact March 2022 witnessed more BEV being registered in March 2022 than during the whole of 2019 which now gives them an overall market share of 16.1%. According the latest vehicle stats, the EV market is booming. Electric passenger car sales increased by 186% in 2020 and today there is 432,000 electric vehicles onthe road in the UK and more than 750,000 plug-in hybrids.EV Car Sales200000Theres been a massive increase in the number of electric vehicleson sale in the UK with more than 40% of models now available as 150000plug-ins. Car manufacturers like Nissan, Tesla, Ford & Vauxhall have 100000all expanded their offerings. Volkswagen have created their electriconly ID. range and Mercedes Benz have launched their EQ models. 5000002018 2019 2020 2021The institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) has warned that workshops and garages do not currently have the skills and the pipeline talent needed to service and repair electrified vehicles. The original report in May 2021 stated that the UK had just of 6% of garages equipped for E V vehicles.With the UK garages having this major shortfall serious investment will be required. Each technician will need to be equipped with the correctclothing, protection & tooling to be kept safe at all times. Having your own EV kit is no different to apprentice mechanics investing in their tool kits when starting out. i Data gathered from DfT (Department for Transport) & SMMT (Society of Motor Manufacturers & Traders)128'