Searches for electric cars nearly double in the last year, DoneDeal says

'Electric car searches barely moved for 18 months, then jumped sharply from March this year.'

Searches for diesel cars on DoneDeal are down 21% year-on-year which is the largest annual fall ever recorded on the platform. File picture

Searches for electric cars on marketplace DoneDeal cars have increased by 94% compared to the same period last year while at the same time searches for diesel vehicles have fallen significantly, new data shows.

Sales of new electric cars have been increasing over recent months and by share of the market are only behind petrol hybrid vehicles. The interest in electric vehicles comes amid the ongoing war in the Middle East which has disrupted oil supply chains and resulted in prices increasing dramatically at the pump.