Number of electric vehicles sold in Ireland in first six months down 25% on the same period last year

Just 4.4% of EV drivers rate public charging networks as 'very satisfactory'. Picture: Denis Minihane.

The number of electric vehicles sold in Ireland in the first half of 2024 is down 25% on the same time last year, with a new survey revealing nearly a third of drivers find electric charging points very unsatisfactory.

New figures from the Central Statistics Office show the number of electric cars licenced in Ireland between the start of January and the end of June this year stood at 10,344.