British drivers are shunning alternatively fuelled cars. The latest DVLA statistics show that there were only 28,150 privately owned motors in this category in 2006 – a mere 0.08 per cent of the 33.4 million licensed vehicles in the UK.
The report also reveals that nearly 4.5 per cent of British cars were road tax-exempt – the majority of which (1.1m) were registered for disabled drivers.