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<p>In 2015 more ultra low emission vehicles were registered in the UK than in the
previous four years combined. The total number of new registrations of ultra low emission
vehicles in each year from 2010 to 2015 is published online, and shown in the following
table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>New registrations of
ultra low emission vehicles</strong><sup>1</sup><strong> in the UK</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year
of first registration</p></td><td><p>Number of registrations</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>1,259</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2,101</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>3,346</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>4,313</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>15,833</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>29,972</p></td></tr><tr><td
colspan="2"><p>1. 'Ultra low emission vehicles' here includes all vehicles with fully
electric powertrains, and cars and vans with tail-pipe emissions below 75 g/km of
CO<sub>2</sub> (which will overwhelmingly include plug-in hybrid vehicles).</p></td></tr><tr><td
colspan="2"><p>2. Figures for 2010 are for Great Britain registrations only. All other
years are United Kingdom.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><em>Source: DfT statistics
based on DVLA registration data: table veh0150 at </em><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/veh01-vehicles-registered-for-the-first-time"
target="_blank"><em>www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/veh01-vehicles-registered-for-the-first-time</em></a><em>.</em><em>
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