The elimination of Benefit In Kind tax for company car drivers using an electric vehicle has since April driven a boom in EV leasing, according to Octopus Electric Vehicles
Pure electric vehicle sales are up 664 per cent since 2016 while diesel sales are down 75 per cent through the same period, according to SMMT
Battery-powered EV sales were down just 10 per cent in April, compared to collapses of 97+ per cent seen in the combustion engine car markets.