Car sales slump in November but hybrid and electric make gains

More than one in five of all new cars licensed last month were hybrid or electric 

The combined number of new electric and hybrid cars licensed in the 11 months of 2020 was 14.5% greater than those licensed in all of 2019.

The number of new cars licensed in November fell by 12.4% compared to the same time last year, new figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) show.

While the CSO said the monthly decrease follows two months of strong growth, the number of new cars licenced has fallen on an annual basis with 29,299 fewer cars licensed in the first 11 months of 2020 compared to the same period in 2019, a fall of 26%.