VAUXHALL IS THE UK’S BEST-SELLING ELECTRIC VAN MANUFACTURER FOR THIRD YEAR IN A ROW
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VAUXHALL IS THE UK’S BEST-SELLING ELECTRIC VAN MANUFACTURER FOR THIRD YEAR IN A ROW

VAUXHALL IS THE UK’S BEST-SELLING ELECTRIC VAN MANUFACTURER FOR THIRD YEAR IN A ROW
  • Vauxhall was the main electrical gentle industrial automobile (e-LCV) model within the UK in 2023 – outselling its nearest competitor by greater than double
  • More than 1 / 4 (29.8%) of e-LCVs offered within the UK in 2023 was a Vauxhall
  • Vivaro Electric continued its run because the best-selling electrical van within the UK, topping gross sales charts in December and in 2023 total
  • Vivaro was the second-best promoting van total within the UK in 2023
  • Vauxhall was the third-best promoting model within the total van market in 2023, promoting 24.8% extra autos than in 2022 in a market that was up by 21%.
  • Vauxhall is one among few producers providing fleets and companies a completely electrical van throughout its complete line-up
  • Vauxhall and its Stellantis sister manufacturers are the one mainstream automotive manufacturers to supply vans in Britain, at Luton and Ellesmere Port
  • Ellesmere Port is the UK’s first EV-only quantity manufacturing plant

Vauxhall was the UK’s best-selling electrical van producer in 2023, in accordance with the newest new gentle industrial automobile registration figures printed right now by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).

The model topped the gross sales charts for the third yr in a row, promoting 6,402 electrical vans in 2023 – greater than double its nearest competitor. The success of Vauxhall’s electrical vans as non-public and fleet autos implies that greater than 1 / 4 (29.8%) of electrical gentle industrial autos (e-LCVs) registered in 2023 was a Vauxhall.

Vauxhall is one among few manufacturers to supply an electrical variant throughout its complete LCV line-up. In 2023, practically a fifth (18.5%) of Vauxhall’s total van gross sales had been of absolutely electrical variants.

The Vivaro Electric, just lately named Best Medium Electric Van on the What Car? Van and Commercial Vehicle Awards, led the e-LCV market in 2023 in addition to through the month of December. In the general van market, the Vivaro was the UK’s second best-selling van, with 20,477 offered in 2023.

Vauxhall’s complete LCV vary (Combo, Vivaro and Movano) has just lately been upgraded to function cutting-edge new powertrains, new applied sciences and important worth reductions on electrical fashions in comparison with their predecessors. The success of its LCV vary means Vauxhall was the third best-selling model within the total van market in 2023, with 34,632 vans offered – a 24.8% enhance (6,895) over 2022 in a market that was up by 21%.

Vauxhall’s vans are a part of Stellantis Pro One LCV line-up, comprising within the UK of Vauxhall, Peugeot, Citroën and Fiat.  Stellantis Pro One mixed UK registrations stood at 94,978 vans for 2023 – up from 74,879 autos in 2022, representing a market share of 27.23% of the UK LCV market, up from 25.97% in 2022. 

James Taylor, Managing Director, Vauxhall, mentioned: “It’s a fantastic achievement to be the UK’s best-selling e-LCV manufacturer for the third year running, demonstrating our long-standing commitment to electrifying Britain’s businesses. With the award-winning Vivaro Electric continuing to be the leader in electric van sales and Vauxhall accounting for more than one in four electric vans sold in the UK in 2023, it’s clear that we are the brand of choice for van drivers looking to go electric.”

Vauxhall and sister manufacturers Peugeot, Citroën and Fiat are presently the one mainstream automotive manufacturers to supply vans in Britain. In 2023, Ellesmere Port turned the UK’s first EV-only quantity manufacturing plant the place it produces the Stellantis small electrical van vary, together with the Vauxhall Combo Electric, whereas the Stellantis manufacturing unit in Luton continues to fabricate the Vauxhall Vivaro and its sister fashions.