The latest figures for new vehicle registrations for the month of April have been released by the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI).
The report shows that new car registrations for the month were up 14% vs last year with 8,941 cars registered. Registrations year to date are up 16.0% vs the same period in 2022.
There were 1,870 new electric vehicles registered in April compared to 1,280 in April 2022. So far this year 11,164 new electric cars have been registered in Ireland. Electric, Plug-in Hybrids and Hybrids continue to increase their market share, with a combined market share now of 42%. Petrol continues to remain dominant with 32.85%, whilst Diesel accounts for 22.34%.
Imported Used Cars continue to decrease with a 9.1% decrease in April 2023 vs 2022.
Top 5 selling car model’s in 2023:
Top 5 Selling Electric Vehicles models in 2023:
Brian Cooke, SIMI Director General commenting: “April’s new car registrations show a 14% increase on the same month last year, while year to date registrations are 16% ahead of 2022, but still remain 8% behind that of pre-COVID 2019. Commercial vehicle registrations both the heavy and light sectors, demonstrated strong growth for the month of April. Electric vehicle sales continue to power ahead with 1,870 new electric vehicles registered in April and 11,164 registered so far this year, a 49% increase on the same period 2022. The Electric Vehicle share of the new car market has increased each month this year, with sales for the month of now April representing over 20% of the market. The momentum behind new EV sales is clearly there, but we need to continue to incentivise EV purchases if we want to continue the growth in the new EV market share, but also to create an active used EV market.”