A record acceleration of electric car sales in the UK risks being confined to London and the south-east of England without a significant rise in on-street charging across the country, the motor industry trade group has warned. 

More electric cars were registered in 2021 than in the entire preceding five years, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, while one in four new cars sold in the UK in December was a battery vehicle. 

But while 20 per cent of electric car sales were in London and the South East, Wales and northern England accounted for less than 10 per cent.  

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