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New electric car registrations up 52%

New figures from the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) show new car registrations were down 10.4% in March.

New car registrations so far this year are up 4.3% to 49,557 from 47,493 the same time last year, new SIMI figures show

New car registrations up 7.4% in February - SIMI

New figures from the Society of the Irish Motor Industry show that new car registrations for February were up 7.4% to 15,033 from 13,994 the same month last year.

Business • 02 Mar

Petrol remains the most popular engine type in 2025

There was a 3% rise in the number of new cars that were registered last year compared to the previous year.

Business • 02 Jan

Electric car registrations soar 73% higher in September

New figures from the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) show a 73% jump in the registration of new electric cars in September.

Business • 02 Oct 25

New car registrations down 8.8% in May, but EVs up 5.3%

New figures from the Society of the Irish Motor Industry show that while new car registrations overall slowed in May, the number of new electric car registrations increased.

Business • 03 Jun 25

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

SIMI figures show that 692 new electric cars were registered in June - a drop of 52% on the 1,432 registrations in June 2023

New car registrations slow down by 50% in June

New figures from the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) show that car sales, including electric vehicles, slowed down in June.

Business • 02 Jul 24

The number of new cars licensed in March of this year decreased by 5% to 14,916 from 15,782 the same time in 2023

Electric car sales down 10% in first quarter of 2024: CSO

The number of new private electric cars licensed here in the first three months of 2024 has fallen by nearly 10%, while licensing of hybrid electric cars has increased sharply, according to the Central Statistics Office.

Business • 10 Apr 24

There was a 41% decline in new electric car sales in March compared to the same month last year, according to SIMI

Sharp decline in new electric car registrations in March

New car registrations in March were down 16% on the same month last year, figures from the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) show, with a marked decline apparent in new electric vehicle registrations.

Business • 02 Apr 24

14% of all new cars licensed in the first two months of 2024 for the first time were electric, compared with 15% the same time last year, new CSO figures show

Car sales motor 5% higher in February - CSO

New figures from the Central Statistics Office show that the number of new cars licensed in February increased by 5% to 13,979 compared with 13,284 the same time last year.

Business • 11 Mar 24

15% of all new cars licensed in the first two months of 2023 were electric compared with 12% during the same time in 2022, new CSO figures show

EVs account for 15% of all new cars licensed - CSO

New figures from the Central Statistics Office show that the number of new cars licensed in February of this year slowed down by 3% compared with the same month last year, but sales of electric vehicles continued to increase.

Business • 14 Mar 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 car registrations so far this year are still 20.5% behind pre-Covid levels of 79,350 cars

New car registrations down 10% in May - SIMI

New figures from the Society of the Irish Motor Industry show that new car registrations for May slowed down by 10.3% to 5,303 from 5,914 the same month last year.

Business • 01 Jun 22

4,426 new cars registrations were filed in September

SIMI: New car registrations drop in September, EVs rise

New figures from the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) show that 4,426 new cars were registered in September, down 22% on the same month last year, but up almost 30% on September 2019.

Business • 01 Oct 21

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

Car registrations down 28% so far this year - SIMI

New car registrations for August were down 4.2% to 4,875 compared to the same month last year (5,088), new figures from the Society of the Irish Motor Industry show.

Business • 01 Sep 20

New car registrations for June were down by 28.2% compared to the same month last year, the latest SIMI figures show

Car sales slow down by 28% in June - SIMI

New car registrations for June slowed down by 28.2% compared to the same month last year, new figures from the Society of the Irish Motor Industry show today.

Business • 01 Jul 20

Just 344 cars were sold last month compared to 8,904 in April 2019

96% slump in car sales in April - SIMI

The Society of the Irish Motor Industry has confirmed that new car registrations for April sank by 96.1% compared to the same time last year.

Business • 01 May 20

Just 6,174 new cars were registered in March 2020 compared to 16,687 in March 2019, the latest SIMI figures show

New car sales plunge by 63% in March - SIMI

New car registrations for March plunged by 63% compared to the same time last year, new figures from the Society of the Irish Motor Industry show, as Covid-19 has resulted in the closure of car showrooms.

Business • 01 Apr 20

New and second-hand car registrations slow down - SIMI

New figures from the Society of the Irish Motor Industry show that both new and second-hand car registrations fell in January.

Business • 03 Feb 20

Electric/hybrid new registrations accounted for 11.8% of all new private car licences in the first six months of the year

Electric and hybrid registrations up 69% in first half

The number of new cars licensed here fell 6.5% in the first half of the year, according to new data from the Central Statistics Office (CSO).

Business • 08 Jul 19

The Nissan Qashqa is the most popular car model sold so far this year

New car registrations motor 13% higher in June - SIMI

New figures today show that total new car registrations for the month of June are up 13% to 1,410 when compared with the same month last year.

Business • 01 Jul 19

SIMI said the top selling car in February was the Hyundai Tucson

New car registrations see 11% slowdown in February

New car registrations for the month of February are down 11.1% compared to the same time last year, new figures from the Society of the Irish Motor Industry show.

Business • 01 Mar 19

SIMI's director general Alan Nolan says it is important to that used car values remain high

New car registrations slow by 5.5% in Q1 - SIMI

The latest new car registration figures from the Society of the Irish Motor Industry show a 5.5% slowdown to 71,805 in the first three months of the year.

Business • 24 Apr 18

New cars registrations this year slowed down by 10% to 131,200 compared to the same time in 2016

New car registrations down 9% in November - SIMI

New figures from the Society of the Irish Motor Industry show that new car registrations for the month of November were down 9% to 687 as the industry prepares for sales of 181 cars in January.

Business • 01 Dec 17

For the month of October alone, the number of secondhand private cars imported into Ireland were 23.9% higher than the same month in 2016, at 8,644

Used car imports jump by 38.4% amid weak sterling

The number of secondhand cars being imported into Ireland jumped by more than a third between January and October, when compared with the same period in 2016.

Business • 08 Nov 17

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