The Autotrader EV Hub
Your source of the most up-to-date electric vehicle insights
Welcome to the Autotrader EV Hub, featuring the latest data, insights and guides dedicated to the new and used electric vehicle market.
Here you’ll find a library of our latest EV related insights and resources, ranging from step-by-step selling and stocking guides to dedicated webinars and guest interviews with industry experts.
This Hub is designed to give you a high-level view of what’s happening in the market so you can keep track of, and respond to, changes as well as identify the strong pockets of profit potential.
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Your guide to EVs
Whether you’re a retailer, manufacturer, CPO or just interested in EVs, we’ve got all the tools and guides you need to help you understand EVs.
Break through the jargon surrounding EVs with our jargon buster
Electric cars: Statistics, facts and figures
Uncover all the information you’ll need about EV batteries with our handy guide
Find out how how the UK’s charging infrastructure is developing
Discover what you need to do to become an EVA Approved retailer
Read the full what’s hot article here
What’s hot this month
Data correct as of 20th May 2026
Electric and hybrid models accounting for nine of the UK’s top 10 fastest-selling used cars in May so far. Electric continues to surpass other fuel types overall, with used EVs taking an average of just 24 days to sell, ahead of both petrol (29 days) and diesel (32 days).
1. MG ZS
2. Polestar 2
3. Tesla Model 3
5. Kia Sportage
8. Vauxhall Mokka Electic
7. Tesla Model Y
4. Kia Niro
6. Nissan Qashqai
10. Hyundai TUCSON
9. Kia Niro
Our Latest Electric Vehicle Content
We’re constantly developing new content around EVs, ensuring you are kept up to date with the very latest EV insights.
The Road to 2030 Report is our regular industry report that analyses the complete state of the electric vehicle market including what we are seeing with consumer demand, brands performance and developments in charging.
From Underdogs to Game-Changers: How Chinese EVs Are Winning Drivers with Tech, Style, and Value.
Are fuel shortages driving more buyers towards EV as geopolitical conflict causes fuel scarcity
What’s driving used EV demand? Explore the lates findings from the Road to 2030 Report.
The used EV market is evolving fast but is demand growing evenly across the market?
Explore who is at risk of being left behind and why in our No Driver Left Behind report.
Explore EV rising demand, tightening supply, and if petrol prices have tipped the market.
The Timeline to Electric
The growth of electric vehicles has largely been driven by the Government ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel vehicles from 2030, subsequently moved to 2035 and recently back to 2030. After this time you’ll be unable to sell a new purely petrol or diesel vehicle to consumers. Some small manufacturers have exemptions until 2035.
For many, 2030 may seem like it’s a long-time away, but over the next few years, the market will experience a profound step change as the volume of electric vehicle sales rise.
So, with the continuing ‘defleeting’ of the circa 750,000 electric vehicles sold over the last three years and the ongoing push from manufacturers to achieve their ZEV mandates, market dynamics are set to change rapidly. Put simply, if you aren’t gearing up for electric now, then you’re already behind.
And it’s not just the 2030 ban you need to consider, the ZEV Mandate also sets out a clear pathway for electric new car sales up until 2030 when 80% of new car sales need to be electric.
As new EV sales grow, we will see the percentage of EVs in the UK car parc continue to climb as we head ever closer to 2030 and beyond.