Mitsubishi Outlander takes electric car sales crown for first time

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Overall electric vehicle sales up 37 per cent from end of December to end of March as SUV plug-in hybrid tops the charts for the first time

Electric vehicle sales have shot up by more than a third since the end of 2014, with Mitsubishi's plug-in hybrid Outlander SUV leading the way during the first quarter of the year. Figures from the...

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