More drivers are opting to buy electric cars, according to the latest figures from the Society of the Irish Motor Industry.
In November 343 new electric vehicles were registered compared to 190 in the same month last year. And so far this year 15,591 new electric cars have been registered in comparison to 8,528 on the same period 2021, an increase of 82.8 per cent.
The Volkswagen ID.4 remains the top selling EV in Ireland so far this year, followed by the Hyundai Ioniq 5, Tesla Model 3, Kia EV6, and Volkswagen’s ID.3.
The new fully electric Toyota bZ4X was the best selling car last month.
Figures show that EVs, plug-in hybrids and hybrids continue to increase their market share, with a combined market share now of 41 per cent.
Petrol continues to remain dominant with 30.1 per cent, while diesel accounts for 26.7 per cent, hybrid 19.3 per cent, electric 14.8 per cent, and plug-in electric hybrid 6.7 per cent.
New 222 car registrations for November were down 12.3 per cent (982 ) when compared to November 2021 (1,120 ).
Registrations in the year to date are marginally up 0.47 per cent (105,039 ) on the same period last year (104,545 ) and are 10.13 per cent behind (116,885 ) that of pre-covid levels.
SIMI’s figures show LCV (van ) sales are up 14.6 per cent (880 ) compared to November last year (768 ) and year to date are down 18 per cent (23,320 ).
However, HGV (truck ) registrations are down 31.2 per cent (130 ) in comparison to November 2021 (189 ), while year to date HGVs dropped 8.7 per cent (2,431 ).
Used car imports for November (3,295 ) have seen a decrease of 25.9 per cent on November 2021 (4,445 ) and year to date imports are down 26.6 per cent (44,047 ) on 2021 (59,984 ).
