Search Results for 'car sales'

Vehicle History and data expert Cartell.ie has announced the results of an analysis on Electric Vehicle sales in the Irish market in the year to date.

Vehicle History and data expert Cartell.ie has announced the results of an analysis on Electric Vehicle sales in the Irish market in the year to date.

Vehicle History and data expert Cartell.ie has announced the results of an analysis on Electric Vehicle (EV) sales in the Irish market in the year-to-date.

Vehicle history and data expert Cartell.ie has announced the results of an analysis on electric vehicle (EV) sales in the Irish market in the year-to-date.

New car registrations for March jumped 40.7 per cent to 12,935 when compared to 9,192 for the same month last year, new figures from the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) show. However, this is still 22 per cent behind that of pre-Covid (2019) levels.

It may come as a bit of a surprise to see that new car sales grew strongly in March in light of the prevailing economic news and the rising cost of living. Look a little deeper, and the reality is that many of these cars will have been ordered some months back, with lengthy delays in new vehicle orders, created by a worldwide shortage of essential microchips, a continuing trend. The other fact to recognise is that March’s relative success still sees new sales remaining 22 percent behind pre-Covid levels in 2019.

A key environmental policy to have almost a million electric vehicles on Irish roads by 2030 will be a “huge challenge” unless the Government incentivises and supports dealing with the oldest polluting cars, while increasing the charging infrastructure nationwide.

Co Galway is one of three counties that has grown its new car sales in the last two months compared to January/February 2021.

A key environmental policy to have almost a million electric vehicles (EVs) on the road by 2030 will be a huge challenge unless the Government incentivises and supports dealing with the oldest polluting cars, while exponentially increasing the charging infrastructure nationwide - according to a new report by Arup and economist Jim Power on reducing light fleet carbon emissions to achieve Government targets.

Electrified motoring rose well last month with self-charging hybrids electric cars having outsold diesel formats in the January sales period.