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 "title": "New cars registered by fuel type, UK",
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 "notes": [
  "Cars registered with the DVLA for the first time, including imported used cars registered here for the first time. The hub adds up DfT's model-by-model file by fuel type; its quarterly table by fuel type is too large for the hub to read. Other fuels: diesel hybrids and plug-in hybrids, range extended electric, fuel cell, gas and other fuels, added together."
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