Electric car sales surge by 70% in Ireland, but Tesla's decline continues

In the first eight months of the year, 116,099 new cars were registered,

In the first eight months of the year, 116,099 new cars were registered, a 3.4% increase, of which 20,656 were electric cars representing a 37% year-on-year increase. File picture

Electric car sales saw another strong increase during August increasing by nearly 70% compared to the same month last year, new data from the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) shows.

In total, there were 7,615 new car registrations last month, up 1% year-on-year. Of this, 2,126 were new electric cars, compared to the 1,256 new registrations in August last year.