UK electric car sales hit record high as taxpayer subsidies help attract buyers

EVs rise nearly a third in September compared with a year earlier, as plug-in hybrids jump by 56%

British electric car sales hit a record high in September as new taxpayer subsidies helped to attract buyers in the most important month for the market.

Battery EV sales rose by nearly a third in September compared with a year earlier, to 72,800, according to preliminary figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), a lobby group.