Electric vehicle registrations since 2021 (FOI)

​Request

​A

Please confirm the number of new electric vehicle registrations and the number of total new vehicle registrations for ech quarter since 2021.

B

Please confirm the number of electric vehicles as a percentage of the total number of vehicles at the end of the quarter.

Please publish this data and update it quarterly on the Vehicle transport statistics page on the Statistics and Performance page of the government website.

Response

A and B

The Government of Jersey has committed to publish vehicle registration details quarterly on open data:

Government of Jersey Open Data (opendata.gov.je)   

The information requested is exempt under Article 23 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 as the information is accessible on the Government of Jersey’s website linked below:

All Vehicles Registered in Jersey - Datasets (opendata.gov.je)​

Once downloaded, the whole spreadsheet can be filtered to allow the extraction of the specific information required for example the number of new electric vehicle registrations.

Using the search term ‘Registered Vehicles’ on the open data home page will enable access to the information requested together with any future updates.

Article applied 

Article 23 - Information accessible to applicant by other means

(1) Information is absolutely exempt information if it is reasonably available to the applicant, otherwise than under this Law, whether or not free of charge.

(2) A scheduled public authority that refuses an application for information on this ground must make reasonable efforts to inform the applicant where the applicant may obtain the information.​