Electric growth continues as more than 20k new cars licensed in July

The combined number of electric and hybrid cars licensed in the first seven months of this year was 113.8% greater than in the same period of 2020.

Electric and hybrid cars account for 32.7% of all new cars licensed so far in 2021, compared with just 19% in the same time period last year. Picture: Doug Peters/PA Wire

The number of new cars licensed in July 2021 rose by 32% to 20,232 when compared to the same month last year.

In July of 2020, when Ireland was gripped by the Covid-19 pandemic, 15,329 cars were licensed in the seventh month, while 18,741 were licensed in the same month of 2019.