Global EV registrations rise 3% globally in May, BMI data shows

June 16 (Reuters) – Global demand for electric vehicles rose for a third straight month in May, as subsidies and high petrol prices continued ?to drive the transition away from combustion-engine cars, data from consultancy ?Benchmark Mineral Intelligence showed on Wednesday. Registrations of new battery-electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles rose 3% from a year earlier to around 1.8 million in May, a proxy ?for sales, pushing the total 0.9% higher than last year for ?the first five months of the year, BMI said. Sign up here. “Europe really ?is the driving factor towards this growth at the moment,”…