India, May 6 -- New car registrations in the U.K. decreased in April mainly due to customers making purchases early to avoid higher taxes that came into effect at the start of the month, though electric car sales continued to increase, monthly data from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders showed on Tuesday.
New car sales fell 10.4 percent year-on-year in April to 120,331 units, the SMMT said. Registrations decreased for the sixth time in the last seven months, reflecting a fragile economic backdrop and weakened consumer confidence, the industry body added.
New car registrations were 13,943 fewer in the month compared with the year before and 25.3 percent behind pre-pandemic April 2019.
Meanwhile, battery car registrations grew...