Electrified motoring rose well last month. self-charging hybrids electric cars have outsold diesel in the January sales period. Hybrid electric car purchases grew strongly, largely driven by Toyota self-charging petrol hybrid models.
This increase saw Toyota account for an impressive 20.9 per cent of the overall car market. Toyota says that in January, practically all their sales were for its hybrid electric models, and the company had five models in the top ten.
In January, there were 25,093 new car sales registered, 27 per cent of which were hybrid electric, with the formerly dominant diesel accounting for just 22 per cent.
Petrol passenger cars made up 29 per cent of new sales, just over two per cent ahead of hybrid electric (most of which are petrol hybrid engined ).
Toyota points out that when all electrified models including battery electrics (11% ) and plug-in hybrids (8% ) are factored in, the lower emissions hybrids and zero emissions all-electric sectors accounted for more than 47 per cent of all new car sales last month.
Toyota Ireland adds that in contrast, pure fossil fuel powered cars saw a sharp decline in sales in January, with diesels dropping by more than 37 per cent year on year, and petrol cars dropping by almost 18 per cent in a similar monthly comparison. For more information on Toyota Hybrid cars contact your local Toyota dealers Swinford Motors on (094 )9251233 or log on to:https://www.swinfordmotors.com.
