GSNL 4 UK 2023

EV Growth Are you and your garage EV Ready? EV and Hybrid vehicles are already a key opportunity

In 2022, over 120k EV and 737k Hybrid vehicles were MOT tested, with these vehicles having an average failure rate of 16.9% and 15.5 % respectively. Of those EV vehicles tested the failures are: tyres; lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and suspension, and for Hybrid vehicles they were: tyres; lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment; visibility. Don’t miss out on this opportunity.

EV and Hybrid are a key opportunity In 2022, over 120k EV and over 737k Hybrid were MOT tested over the same period

Average failure rate for an EV was 16.9%. Top 3 failures are: tyres; lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment; suspension. Average failure rate for an hybrid was 15.5%. Top 3 failures are: tyres; lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment; visibility.

Electric

Hybrid

Tested

Failure Rate

Tested

Failure Rate

180,000

70%

45,000

45%

160,000

40,000

40%

60%

140,000

35,000

35%

50%

120,000

30,000

30%

40%

100,000

25,000

25%

80,000

20,000

20%

30%

60000

15,000

15%

20%

40,000

10,000

10%

10%

20,000

5,000

5%

0%

-

-

0%

7

7

3

5

3

5

6

9

8

6

9

4

8

4

17

17

11

11

12

19

12

13

19

15

13

15

16

18

14

16

18

14

10

10

20

20

21-25

21-25

31-40

31-40

26-30

26-30

Under 3

Under 3

Over 40

Over 40

Source: SMMT.

EV car registrations have increased 43% since 2019 The make up of the car parc continues to change, in 2019, 90% of all new cars sold were either petrol or diesel. In 2022, this was less than half (47%). Which means, cars with an EV element have increased 43 percentage points since 2019. Are you prepared for the change?

New Car Registrations

2% 2%

Petrol

1%

4%

1%

Diesel

17%

HEV Petrol

Base on 2,311 new car registrations in 2019.

Base on 1,614 new car registrations in 2022.

6%

MHEV Petrol

2019

2022

25%

42%

4%

MHEV Diesel

65%

PHEV

14%

BEV

12%

5%

Source: SMMT.

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