It came as data showed that sales of fully electric cars in the UK rose to their highest share of the market this year. Of all cars sold, just over one in five were battery-powered, the highest proportion since December 2021, data from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) showed.
Sales of all cars leapt by almost a quarter in November, the fourth consecutive month of annual growth, with plug-in cars including hybrids accounting for more than one in four registrations.
Buyers took home 142,889 cars in November, up from 115,706 a year earlier.
However, registrations are still almost 9pc lower than pre-pandemic levels, with the SMMT warning that challenges will continue throughout next year as the UK is gripped by recession.
It also renewed its warning that slow growth in the number of public charging points could choke off purchases of electric cars.
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