New car sales up 10% but EV slump continues 

Call for continued Government incentives after sales of electric cars down 25% this year so far compared to same period last year

Electric car sales fell for the ninth month in a row compared to last year. 

The number of new car registrations ticked up by nearly 10% during the month of October, but the slump in the sale of electric cars continues, new data from the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) shows.

According to the data, last month there were 2,423 new cars registered — an increase of 9.7% compared to October last year. Of these new cars, only 529 were electric cars — which is 12.3% lower than last year.