There has been a fall in the number of new diesel cars licensed in the first two months of the year.
Over a fifth of new cars licensed in February were electric and plug in hybrid vehicles.
Overall 13,643 new cars were licensed last month, which is a rise of 17 per cent on the same month last year.
There has been a fall in the number of new diesel cars licensed in the first two months of the year, from 10,306 in 2021 to just over 7,200 for the same period this year.