Overview
- New AutoMotive forecasts some London sites stopping diesel sales by about 2030, with many stations nationwide likely to follow by 2035.
- The report projects the diesel car fleet dropping to just over five million by 2030 and to fewer than 250,000 by 2035.
- SMMT data for 2025 show diesel at roughly 5.1% of new car registrations, about 104,000 vehicles, as petrol and battery electric dominate.
- The Petrol Retailers Association says members have no definitive plans to cease diesel, though forecourts are adding high-power EV chargers as slower turnover risks fuel degradation.
- Government policy ends new petrol and diesel car sales in 2030, yet officials and transport experts point to continuing diesel use for vans and HGVs and caution against declaring diesel finished.