Electric car sales in Ireland overtake petrol and diesel

Strong January growth pushed electric cars ahead of petrol and diesel, while Tesla slipped and hybrids became Ireland’s top choice

The top selling electric car was the Volkswagen ID.4, followed by the Hyundai Inster 3 and the Kia EV3 with Tesla absent from the top 10 list. 

A near 50% increase in electric car sales during January pushed their market share ahead of both petrol and diesel and only behind hybrid options, new data from the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) shows.

During last month, there were 34,604 new cars registered across Ireland which is a 3.3% increase compared to 33,499 during January last year. Of these new registrations, new electric cars accounted for 7.319 which is an increase of 48.7% year-on-year.