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Electric cars in Rushcliffe

3,557 of the 64,702 privately kept cars licensed in Rushcliffe at the end of June 2026 were battery electric, 5.5%, against 3.1% across the UK (DfT and DVLA licensing statistics). With 1,795 plug-in hybrids, 8.3% of private cars plug in. That ranks Rushcliffe 4 of 359 local authorities and 1 of 35 in East Midlands.

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Data to 2026-06-30 · Page updated 2026-09-29 · Publisher: 73 Auto

Battery electric
5.5%
1.76× the UK share, private cars
Plug-in (incl. hybrids)
8.3%
UK 5.1%
Five years earlier
0.7%
+4.8 pts since June 2020

How Rushcliffe compares

Rushcliffe's battery-electric share is in the top quarter of the 359 areas ranked here, and above East Midlands (3.3%). The number of privately kept battery electric cars rose 49% in a year, taking the share from 3.7% to 5.5%.

Another 2,386 company-kept cars are registered here, 23.9% of them battery electric. Company cars are recorded at the keeper’s address rather than where they are driven, so the figures above use privately kept cars only.

Electric cars in Rushcliffe, year by year

Privately kept cars in Rushcliffe by plug-in status, end of each June
Quarter endPrivate carsBattery electricShareAll plug-ins
June 202664,7023,5575.5%8.3%
June 202564,1682,3903.7%5.9%
June 202463,4071,6442.6%4.2%
June 202362,7051,1391.8%3.0%
June 202262,1107301.2%2.1%
June 202161,6344040.7%1.3%
June 202060,5492420.4%0.8%
Official counts (DfT VEH0142 and VEH0105); shares are 73 Auto calculations.

Electric cars across East Midlands

Battery electric share of privately kept cars by local authority in East Midlands, end of June 2026
AreaPrivate carsBattery electricPlug-in
Rushcliffe64,7025.5%8.3%
South Derbyshire63,6344.4%6.6%
Harborough58,6344.3%6.9%
North West Leicestershire61,2404.1%6.2%
Newark and Sherwood67,0144.1%6.1%
Gedling57,6463.7%5.7%
Rutland22,6793.7%6.4%
North Kesteven67,6223.6%5.6%
Hinckley and Bosworth64,4653.6%5.5%
Melton31,2323.6%5.8%
Bassetlaw64,6743.6%5.4%
West Lindsey54,7943.6%5.5%
Amber Valley69,5353.5%5.3%
Derbyshire Dales42,1103.5%5.7%
North East Derbyshire57,3323.5%5.4%
Broxtowe53,7183.5%5.4%
Blaby56,5463.5%5.5%
West Northamptonshire227,1143.5%5.5%
Charnwood89,9783.5%5.4%
North Northamptonshire194,8733.4%5.4%
Bolsover42,6873.4%5.0%
South Kesteven80,1463.4%5.4%
High Peak47,2443.3%5.0%
Ashfield61,3153.2%4.6%
Chesterfield50,8743.1%4.7%
Oadby and Wigston28,6243.1%5.2%
Erewash56,1203.0%4.7%
Mansfield53,5892.9%4.5%
Derby112,3992.8%4.5%
South Holland56,2872.7%4.5%
East Lindsey77,4352.4%4.0%
Nottingham98,9112.4%3.9%
Lincoln38,1392.3%3.6%
Boston36,0752.1%3.4%
Leicester127,3241.7%3.3%
East Midlands as a whole: 3.3% battery electric, 5.2% plug-in.

Areas ranked either side

Local authorities ranked next to Rushcliffe by battery electric share
RankAreaBattery electric
1Westminster7.7%
2Camden7.6%
3Kensington and Chelsea6.7%
5Barnet5.4%
6South Cambridgeshire5.4%
7Hammersmith and Fulham5.2%

Limitations

Counts are cars licensed (taxed or tax-exempt) at the end of the quarter, by the keeper's registered address. Battery electric excludes plug-in hybrids and range-extended cars, which are counted under plug-ins. Company-kept cars are shown separately because they are registered where the company is, not where they are driven.

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