Birmingham held highest number of ULEVs in England in 2017

Birmingham had the highest number of ultra-low emission vehicles (ULEVs) registered in England at the end of quarter four, 2017 – with a total of 12,247 ULEVs.

This is according to research by private number plate specialists, click4reg.co.uk, who analysed data released by the Department for Transport in Vehicle Licencing Statistics: Annual 2017. The aim was to identify the local authorities in England with the highest number of registered, ultra-low emission vehicles.

In second place, came the local authority of Peterborough, with 8,910 ULEVs licensed at the end of Q4 2017. Slough (4,460), Milton Keynes (4,409) and Leeds (3,557) follow thereafter.

Closing the top ten local authorities with the highest number of registered, ultra-low emission vehicles, is Swindon (3,402), Bedford (1,628), Gloucester (1,552), Solihull (1,492) and Portsmouth – with 1,416 licensed,

The local authorities in the UK, with the lowest number of registered, ultra-low emission vehicles were found to be Weymouth and Portland (53), Middlesbrough (46), Eden (46), Barrow-in-Furness (44) and West Somerset – with 40 licensed, ULEVs in Q4 2017.

During 2017, 53,203 ultra-low emission vehicles (ULEVs) were registered for the first time in the UK – up 27% from 41,837 in 2016.

This accounted for 1.7% of all new vehicle registrations – up from 1.2% in 2016 and 0.9% two years before.