Electric and plug-in hybrid cars now a fifth of new licences

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More than a fifth of all new cars licensed in January were electric or plug-in hybrid electric cars, with both vehicle types continuing to increase in popularity, according to the Central Statistics Office (via IrishTimesBiz)

and Volkswagen . Together these five makes represent 56.3 per cent of all new private cars licensed in January 2022.The figures also show a decrease in the number of new diesel cars, with 3,116 such cars licensed last month compared to 5,801 in January 2021.

The proportion of new private cars that are diesel has also fallen over the past year. Some 20 per cent of those licensed last month were diesel, down from 34 per cent in January 2021, the CSO said. There was also a drop of almost 55 per cent, or a fall of 4,440, to 3,686 in the number of used private cars licensed in January 2022 compared to the same month a year earlier.

The figures are based on the National Vehicle and Driver File compiled by the Department of Transport.

 

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