Sales of used hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and electric vehicles (EVs) in the UK jumped by 28.6 percent annually in the third quarter of 2018, the Society of Motor Manufacturers & Traders (SMMT) said in its Q3 used car sales statistics. Buyers in Britain continued flocking to alternative fuel vehicles in the summer months, with transactions for these types of used cars just shy of 30,000, SMMT says. The overall used car market in the UK fell by 2.1 percent to 2,057,547 vehicles changing hands. Of those, gasoline and diesel cars were almost 850,000, with sales of gasoline and diesel vehicles down by 2.3 percent and 2.6 percent, respectively, SMMT said. But demand for alternative fuel vehicles surged “as consumers took advantage of the increasing range of ultra-low and zero emission cars entering the second-hand market, with pure electric cars posting an 8.3% jump in sales over the same period.” […]