Full speed ahead for electric car sales

John Hearne reports on soaring sales of electric cars in Ireland, where drivers are engaging with the planet’s dwindling reserves of fossil fuels

Sales of electric cars have gone through the roof. In the first two months of 2019, 1,129 electric vehicles (EVs) were registered. That’s almost as many as the total number registered in 2018. What’s more, these increases come in the face of a car market that’s actually in decline. The overall number of car sales has decreased by 12.2% compared to last year.