Registrations of used imported cars up 27% as electric cars continue decline

Electric car registrations are down 25% so far this year. 

The number of used imported cars licensed for the first time in Ireland has increased by 27% so far this year as the drop-off in demand for electric cars continues to squeeze the market, new data from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) shows.

Between January and October this year, 113,615 new private cars were registered for the first time — a slight drop from the 114,069 recorded during the same period last year. There were just shy of 4,000 new private cars licensed during October.