Over one in 20 car miles driven by electric vehicles

More than one in 20 car miles driven in the UK is by an electric vehicle, according to analysis.

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Motoring research charity the RAC has found that at the end of 2024, zero-emission cars - the vast majority of which are pure battery-electrics - were undertaking 5.3 per cent of all car mileage.

That is despite comprising just 3.8 per cent of the national car fleet.

Last year, pure battery electric cars under three years old were driven an average of 10,054 miles.

For petrol and diesel cars in the same age category, the average was 7,585 miles and 10,728 miles, respectively.