UK’s electric van share reaches record high

The uptake in electric vans across the UK hit a record high 16.3 per cent market share during August, when registrations rose 25.9 per cent to 2,395 units for the month.

New figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) also show that overall light commercial vehicle (LCV) registrations in the UK increased marginally by 0.6 per cent in August to 14,445 units.

While August is typically a lower-volume month in the UK, with buyers often postponing purchases until the September numberplate change, the market still recorded its fifth consecutive month of growth.

As a result, year-to-date registrations reached 201,671 units, up four per cent on the first eight months of 2025.

Large vans drove the overall growth, rising for a ninth month, by 5.2 per cent to 10,943 units. Demand in the small volume 4×4 sector also grew, by 165.6 per cent, with 510 registrations.

The medium- and small-sized van segments, however, both fell, by -3.9 per cent and -15.1 per cent to 2,289 and 299 units respectively.

Pickups recorded the steepest decline of -61.2 per cent to 404 units, down to just 2.8 per cent of the market following last year’s reclassification of double cab pickups for Benefit in Kind purposes.