Vauxhall has surpassed 100,000 battery electric vehicle (BEV) sales, reinforcing its position as a leader in Britain’s transition to electric mobility. The 100,000th EV sold was a Grandland Electric 213PS Ultimate, delivered by Drive Vauxhall Nuneaton. The Grandland recently placed third overall in the 2026 Auto Express Driver Power reliability survey and topped the ranks as the best mid-size SUV.
As of October 2026, Vauxhall has sold 102,852 EVs in the UK. Key milestones in the brand’s electrification journey include reaching 10,000 EV sales in 2021 and 50,000 in 2023, a tenfold increase in customer demand for Vauxhall electric vehicles.
Eurig Druce, Vauxhall Managing Director and Stellantis UK Group Managing Director, said: “Surpassing 100,000 electric vehicle sales in the UK is a significant milestone for Vauxhall. From the revolutionary Ampera to today’s fully electrified car and van range, we have remained a champion of electric vehicles, and our focus is to continue making electric mobility more accessible and attainable for British drivers and businesses.
“This milestone reflects the progress being made in bringing EVs into the mainstream. Whether it’s our Electric Streets of Britain campaign, our pioneering pricing strategy and an electric option across our entire range, or building electric vans here in the UK, we are helping more customers make the switch with confidence.”
The first Vauxhall EV was the Ampera, first sold in 2011 with Range Extender technology and the first of its kind to be sold in Europe. The Corsa went electric in 2019 as the first modern, mass-market electric vehicle to be manufactured by Vauxhall, and in 2024 the brand met its commitment to offer an electric version of every passenger car model in its range, eight models in total. Frontera Electric and Frontera Hybrid were launched at the same list price, a first for the UK car market, and the New Astra followed with all electrified versions at the same on-the-road price across every trim level.
Mokka Electric remains Vauxhall’s best-selling electric model, with more than 26,000 sales since its launch in 2020, closely followed by the Corsa Electric with more than 23,000 in the same period. The range has continued to expand with the high-performance Mokka GSE and Corsa GSE, Vauxhall’s fastest-ever electric production cars.
Vans play their part too. Vauxhall was one of the first brands to offer an electric version of every van in its range, was the UK’s best-selling electric van manufacturer for three years in a row from 2021 to 2023, and builds the Combo Electric at Ellesmere Port, the UK’s first EV-only volume manufacturing plant.
To complement the range, Vauxhall launched the Electric Streets of Britain campaign in 2023, inviting drivers to register the need for on-street charging near them. More than 13,000 streets across the country have since been registered, with the data shared with charging providers char.gy, Connected Kerb, and Kerbo Charge to help inform future on-street charging deployments.
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