About 1.27 million motorcycles and almost 31.7 million cars were registered in Great Britain at the end of 2020, roughly the same volume as in 2019 despite the economic uncertainty faced by the country due to the Covid-19 pandemic. That previous year, around 2.3 million new passenger cars were added to the UK car parc.
Following the introduction of electric vehicles and discussions surrounding higher emission standards, the number of licensed ultra-low emission vehicles has been rising significantly. In the past decade it has grown from around 9,000 units in 2010 to nearly 270,000 in 2019. This increase particularly started to pick up following the diesel scandal.
Volume of motorcycles and cars registered in Great Britain between 2000 and 2020 (in 1,000 units)*
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