How the UK is switching fuel
The fuel mix of every licensed and SORN car on UK roads, 2022 Q4 → 2025 Q4, from DVLA data.
Petrol
55.7%
▼ 2.9 pts vs 2022 Q4
Diesel
29.7%
▼ 5.2 pts vs 2022 Q4
Electric
4.6%
▲ 2.8 pts vs 2022 Q4
Electrified
14.5%
▲ 8.1 pts vs 2022 Q4
Share of all UK cars, by fuel
Each fuel as a % of every car on the road, quarter by quarter
Petrol Diesel Hybrid Plug-in hybrid Electric
Petrol holds its lead while diesel slides away (the 2015 emissions scandal and clean-air zones); hybrid, plug-in and electric all climb.
The rise of electric & hybrid
Hybrid Plug-in hybrid Electric
The same story in raw numbers of cars — electrified types climbing fast off a low base.