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Minister for Transport Darragh O'Brien, with Brian Cooke, Director General of SIMI, at the recent launch of the 252 new green registration plate

New electric car sales up 27% in first half of 2025: SIMI

New figures from the Society of the Irish Motor Industry show a continued increase in the number of new electric vehicle registrations in June, while overall new car registrations also saw a big jump.

Business • 01 Jul

11,311 new electric cars have been registered so far this year, marking a 25.5% increase compared to the same time in 2024

New electric car registrations up 25.5% so far this year

New figures from the Society of the Irish Motor Industry show that new car registrations rose by 1.9% in April, while registration of battery electric cars jumped by 23.7%.

Business • 01 May

SIMI said a total of 4,925 EVs were registered in January, a 20% increase when compared to the 4,093 EVs registered the same month last year

New electric vehicle registrations up 20% in January

New figures from the Society of the Irish Motor Industry show that electric vehicle (EV) sales had a record-breaking month in January.

Business • 04 Feb

New car registrations so far this year are down 1.2% to 119,668 on the 121,134 cars registered the same time last year, new SIMI figures show today

October new car registrations up 9.7%, but EVs down 12%

New figures from the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) show that new car registrations for October rose by 9.7% to 2,423 when compared to the figure of 2,208 the same month last year.

Business • 01 Nov 24

Despite the October slowdown, a total of 22,280 new electric cars have been registered so far this year - an increase of 46.1% on the same time last year

New electric car registrations slow down by 17% in Oct

The latest figures from the Society of the Irish Motor Industry show that new car registrations for October were down 16.8% to 2,178 when compared when the figure of 2,617 the same time last year.

Business • 01 Nov 23

Today's SIMI figures show that 187 new electric vehicles were registered in June 2022 compared to 390 in June 2021

New car registrations down 22% in June - SIMI

New figures from the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) show that new car registrations for June were down 22% compared to the same month last year with the number of registrations falling to 2,154 from 2,762.

Business • 01 Jul 22

New SIMI figures show that car sales rose by 6.2% in October, but remain over 25% lower than the same time last year

Car sales down 25% compared to last year - SIMI

New figures show that car sales rose by 6.2% in October, but remain over 25% lower than the same time last year.

Business • 02 Nov 20

The top selling car in August was the Hyundai Tucson, SIMI figures show

New car sales slow again in August - SIMI

The motor industry has called on the Government not to increase tax on new cars in next month's Budget.

Business • 02 Sep 19

Brian Cooke