The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said that battery electric, plug-in hybrid and hybrid electric vehicle volumes were up 49.9 per cent to 28,329 units.
The increase tallies with the ongoing shift towards EVs, with electric car registrations continuing to rise in absolute numbers year on year.
UK car production as a whole was slightly lower in the first month of 2023, with output down -0.3 per cent to 68,575 units.
The loss, equivalent to just 215 fewer cars, was driven chiefly by structural changes, reflecting a move from car to van making at one major plant, but with supply chain shortages still afflicting some manufacturers.
In 2021, the UK car industry saw the worst output for the month of July since 1956 as the sector struggled with ongoing staff shortages associated with the ‘pingdemic’ alongside strained supplies of semiconductors.
The sector started to recover last summer as the global chip shortage began to ease, even though...