Electric car sales rise while overall market "drags"

Registrations year-to-date are up slightly by 2% to 65,176 on the same period last year but are 19% below pre-Covid levels.

Although there is a heightened interest in more eco-friendly cars, new car registrations in general have dropped significantly compared with 2019 figures.

The sale of electric cars year-to-date has gone up almost 100%, according to latest figures by the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (Simi).

There have been 8,444 electric cars sold year-to-date, compared with 4,330 electric cars during the same period in 2021.