New car registrations down 12% despite strong growth in electric vehicles

New car registrations are still over 10% behind pre-Covid levels

So far this year, 15,591 new electric cars have been registered, an increase of 83% since 2021

New car registrations in Ireland have declined by 12.3% in the past year, figures from the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) have shown.

With registrations this year marginally up 0.47% on the same period in 2021, they remain over 10% behind pre-Covid levels.