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A total of 14,707 electric cars were licensed in the first ten months of 2022 - up 82% on the same time last year

Electric car sales jump 82% higher so far this year

New figures from the Central Statistics Office show that the number of new electric cars licensed jumped by 82% from 8,089 in the first 10 months of 2021 to 14,707 in 2022.

Business • 09 Nov 22

The German automaker said it now expected group earnings to rise at least 15% this year

Mercedes-Benz lifts profit forecast as luxury cars boom

Mercedes-Benz has today raised its full-year profit forecast as strong demand for luxury cars and cost savings offset the supply chain bottlenecks that have hampered industry output this year.

Business • 26 Oct 22

Analysis by DoneDeal found that the annual rate of used car inflation sits at 21%

Second-hand car prices up 67% since 2020 - DoneDeal

Prices for second-hand cars were up 67% in September this year compared with March 2020, according to new analysis by second-hand sales website DoneDeal.

Ireland • 25 Oct 22

22% of all new cars licensed for the first time in the first nine months of 2022 were electric or plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, new CSO figures show

New car sales motor 15% higher in September - CSO

New figures from the Central Statistics Office show the continued growth in the number of electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles licensed here.

Business • 11 Oct 22

BMW said its group sales were down 0.9% in the third quarter compared with the same time last year to 587,795 vehicles

BMW Group sales drop slightly in third quarter

BMW sold nearly as many cars in the third quarter as it did in the same period a year before, after the war in Ukraine and supply shortages led to a drop in deliveries in the first half of 2022, the German carmaker said today.

Business • 10 Oct 22

Volkswagen was the most popular make of new private car licensed in August, new CSO figures show

New car sales rise by 4% in August - CSO

New figures from the Central Statistics Office show the continued growth in the number of electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles licensed in Ireland.

Business • 08 Sep 22

12,665 new electric cars have been registered so far this year compared to 7,049 on the same time in 2021 - an increase of 80%

SIMI calls for extension of electric vehicle supports

The Society of the Irish Motor Industry has called on the Government to extend electric vehicle supports in this month's Budget.

Business • 01 Sep 22

New CSO figures show the number of new electric cars licensed has increased by 79% in the first seven months of 2022

New car sales down 25% but EV sales soar - CSO

New figures from the Central Statistics Office show the continued growth in the number of electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles licensed in Ireland so far this year.

Business • 10 Aug 22

Inflation, supply chain bottlenecks, rising coronavirus cases in some countries and an ongoing chip shortage are just a few of the problems plaguing the auto industry in the region

New car sales in Europe lowest since 1996

Europe registered the lowest number of new passenger cars in the month of June this year since 1996 at just over 1.06 million vehicles, with some carmakers seeing sales drop by nearly 50%, data from Europe's automobile association showed today.

Business • 15 Jul 22

Electric and plug-in hybrid cars made up 21% of all new cars licensed for the first time in the first quarter of 2022

New car sales rise by 11% in March - CSO

New figures from the Central Statistics Office show that electric and plug-in hybrid cars made up 21% of all new cars licensed for the first time in the first quarter of this year.

Business • 08 Apr 22

The number of new electric cars licensed has almost trebled from 1,309 in the first two months of 2021 to 3,642 over the same two months this year

New car sales motor 17% higher in February - CSO

New figures from the Central Statistics Office show that the number of new electric cars licensed has almost trebled from 1,309 in the first two months of 2021 to 3,642 over the same two months in 2022.

Business • 08 Mar 22

The 682,596 cars registered last month marked a new historic low in EU car sales for the first month of the year

Record low January car sales in European Union

New car registrations in the European Union hit a record low for the month of January, according to industry data released today, as the sector continues to be hamstrung by a lack of semiconductors.

Business • 17 Feb 22

The number of new electric cars licensed more than doubled from 739 in January of last year to 1,813 in January of this year

Car sales slow down in January - CSO

New figures from the Central Statistics Office show that 21% of all new cars licensed for the first time in January were electric or plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV).

Business • 08 Feb 22

European car registrations are set to remain 20% below 2019 levels as the chip shortage continues to hamper production

EU car market to grow 7.9% this year - ACEA

The European Union's car market will return to growth in 2022 after two years of decline, but registrations will remain 20% below 2019 levels as the chip shortage continues to hamper production.

Business • 08 Feb 22

101,021 new private cars were licensed during the first 11 months of the year, up 21% compared with the same time last year

Big jump in number of new cars licensed in November

New figures from the Central Statistics Office show that 2,167 new private cars were licensed in November, an increase of 47.6% on the 1,468 licensed the same time last year.

Business • 08 Dec 21

A total of 798,693 cars were sold in Europe in October, today's figures show

European new car sales down by 30% in October - ACEA

New car registrations in Europe tumbled almost 30% in October as global semiconductor shortages continued to hurt vehicle supply, industry data showed today.

Business • 18 Nov 21

The share of electric cars licensed increased from 4.6% in the first ten months of 2020 to 8.2% in 2021

Number of new cars licensed in October slows by 7.3%

New figures from the Central Statistics Office show the number of new cars licensed in October of this year fell by 307 vehicles (7.3%) compared with October 2020 but increased by 688 vehicles when compared with the same month in 2019.

Business • 08 Nov 21

A total of 8,563 new private cars were licensed here last month, up from 7,360 in August 2020, new CSO figures show

New car sales motor over 16% higher in August - CSO

New figures from the Central Statistics Office show the number of new cars that were licensed in August rose by 16.3% compared to the same time last year.

Business • 08 Sep 21

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

August new car registrations speed up by 25% - SIMI

New figures from the Society of the Irish Motor Industry show that 6,013 new cars registrations were filed in August, an increase of 25.1% on the number of registrations in August of last year.

Business • 01 Sep 21

Electric Vehicle, Plug-in Hybrids and Hybrids continue to increase their market share, with their combined market share now over 30.44%

Sales of electric vehicles more than doubles in July

New car sales revved up in July according to statistics from the Society of the Motor Industry, with 6,483 registrations for July, compared to 21,171 in July 2020 and 24,681 in July 2019.

Business • 03 Aug 21

The number of caravans
and campervans licensed in the first half of 2021 was over 79% higher than the same time in 2019

New car sales motor 21.6% higher in June - CSO

A total of 59,823 new private cars were licensed in the first six months of this year, an increase of 21.6% compared with the same time last year, new figures from the Central Statistics Office figures show.

Business • 08 Jul 21

The number of new cars licensed in May this year rose by 5,847 to 7,337 vehicles compared with May 2020 but the figure is will down nearly 20% on 2019 levels

Car sales down almost 20% compared to pre-Covid levels

New figures from the Central Statistics Office show that the Covid-19 pandemic is still having an impact on car sales in Ireland.

Business • 08 Jun 21

A total of 61,147 new cars have been registered so far this year, new SIMI figures show

SIMI reports 'encouraging' level of new cars sales

New figures from the Society of the Irish Motor Industry show that 5,955 new cars were registered in May. This compares to 1,741 in May 2020 and 6,320 in May 2019.

Business • 01 Jun 21

The popularity of electric cars has continued to grow, with the engine type making up 6.2% of sales in the first four months of 2021

Car sales up in April but down compared to 2019

The number of new cars registered in April was substantially higher year-on-year, according to the Society of the Irish Motor Industry, but was lower than the same month of 2019.

Business • 04 May 21

The number of new hybrid and electric cars licensed accounted for 32.2% of all new cars licensed in the first three months of 2021

Electric and hybrid car sales see another strong rise

New figures from the Central Statistics Office highlight the continued growth in the number of electric and hybrid vehicles licensed in Ireland.

Business • 09 Apr 21

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