In real terms, Ireland is no where near the level of car sales, that it needs.
"SIMI said that Petrol accounted for 30.2% of new car registrations, Diesel 26.8%, Hybrid 19.3%, Electric 14.9%, and Plug-In Hybrid 6.8%.
Petrol remains the most popular engine type for 2022, despite a decline in its market share last year from 32.2% in 2021, while hybrid, electric and plug-in hybrid continued to gain market share in 2022 and now account for 41% of the market.
A total of 15,680 new electric cars were registered in 2022, an increase on the 8,650 registrations seen in 2021 and 3,440 in 2019."
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New car registrations for 2022 totalled 105,250, a marginal 0.3% increase on 2021 but down 10.1% on the pre-pandemic outcome in 2019.
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Acquisition cost and lack of supporting infrastructure, are the two key problems - both of which the Government could influence quickly, and significantly, if it was serious about getting people to move over to EVs / Hybrids. The pressure on motor manufacturers to supply cars, ranks, thereafter...