EV Registrations – December, & year, 2022
With December registration data now available we can see that plug-in vehicle registrations...
Irish EV Registrations – October 2022
Irish EV Registrations – October 2022
Another proportionately solid showing this month, with plug-in vehicle registrations accounting for 34.83% of all new cars registered in Ireland.
Excluding imports, so far this year (January – October) there’s been a total of:
- 15,241 battery-only electric vehicles (BEVs) registered, compared to 8,338 in the same period last year, and;
- 7,611 plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) registered, compared to 7,796 in the same period last year.
These represent 21.96% of all new cars registered so far this year (14.65% BEV, 7.31% PHEV).
Separately, new and used imports accounted for the following plug-in car registrations so far this year (January – October):
- BEV 356
- PHEV 2,656
Summary
The top-3 registered new BEVs in October were:
- Volkswagen ID.4 155 (20.9%)
- Kia Niro 85 (11.5%)
- Hyundai Kona 71 (9.6%)
Of the 34.83% of new cars registered in October that were plug-in cars, it was comprised of:
- BEV 741 (28.24%)
- PHEV 173 (6.59%)
Complete breakdown of new BEVs registered:
| Make | Model | Oct 2022 |
% sales Oct 2022 |
2022 to Date (Jan – Oct) |
% sales 2022 to Date (Jan – Oct) |
2021 (Jan – Dec) |
% sales 2021 |
| Volkswagen | ID.4 | 155 | 20.9% | 2,918 | 19.1% | 1,432 | 16.6% |
| Kia | Niro | 85 | 11.5% | 648 | 4.3% | 836 | 9.7% |
| Hyundai | Kona | 71 | 9.6% | 672 | 4.4% | 339 | 3.9% |
| Nissan | Leaf | 49 | 6.6% | 852 | 5.6% | 736 | 8.5% |
| Skoda | Enyaq | 42 | 5.7% | 609 | 4.0% | 236 | 2.7% |
| BMW | iX3 | 38 | 5.1% | 205 | 1.3% | 104 | 1.2% |
| Mini | Mini Hatch | 38 | 5.1% | 216 | 1.4% | 166 | 1.9% |
| Volvo | XC40 | 36 | 4.9% | 388 | 2.5% | 31 | 0.4% |
| Polestar | Polestar 2 | 25 | 3.4% | 108 | 0.7% | ||
| Volkswagen | ID.5 | 24 | 3.2% | 225 | 1.5% | ||
| Nissan | Ariya | 16 | 2.2% | 58 | 0.4% | ||
| Tesla | Model 3 | 15 | 2.0% | 1,037 | 6.8% | 858 | 9.9% |
| Mercedes-Benz | EQE | 12 | 1.6% | 37 | 0.2% | ||
| Volkswagen | ID.3 | 12 | 1.6% | 920 | 6.0% | 1,271 | 14.7% |
| Hyundai | Ioniq 5 | 12 | 1.6% | 1,159 | 7.6% | 78 | 0.9% |
| Cupra | Born | 10 | 1.3% | 114 | 0.7% | ||
| BMW | iX | 9 | 1.2% | 198 | 1.3% | 15 | 0.2% |
| MG | ZS | 9 | 1.2% | 183 | 1.2% | 238 | 2.8% |
| Audi | Q4 Etron | 8 | 1.1% | 201 | 1.3% | 170 | 2.0% |
| Mercedes-Benz | EQA | 7 | 0.9% | 193 | 1.3% | 69 | 0.8% |
| Kia | EV6 | 7 | 0.9% | 954 | 6.3% | 37 | 0.4% |
| Audi | E-Tron | 6 | 0.8% | 240 | 1.6% | 154 | 1.8% |
| Jaguar | I-Pace | 6 | 0.8% | 111 | 0.7% | 41 | 0.5% |
| Mazda | MX | 6 | 0.8% | 71 | 0.5% | 98 | 1.1% |
| Porsche | Taycan | 6 | 0.8% | 90 | 0.6% | 80 | 0.9% |
| Renault | Zoe | 6 | 0.8% | 308 | 2.0% | 467 | 5.4% |
| Volvo | C40 | 5 | 0.7% | 88 | 0.6% | ||
| Fiat | 500 | 4 | 0.5% | 133 | 0.9% | ||
| Mercedes-Benz | EQB | 4 | 0.5% | 132 | 0.9% | ||
| Peugeot | 2008 | 3 | 0.4% | 321 | 2.1% | 230 | 2.7% |
| Mercedes-Benz | EQC | 3 | 0.4% | 44 | 0.3% | 21 | 0.2% |
| Mercedes-Benz | EQS | 3 | 0.4% | 67 | 0.4% | ||
| Tesla | Model Y | 3 | 0.4% | 274 | 1.8% | ||
| Citroen | Berlingo Pass | 1 | 0.1% | 23 | 0.2% | ||
| Mercedes-Benz | EQV | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 1 | ||
| Honda | Honda E | 1 | 0.1% | 36 | 0.2% | 38 | 0.4% |
| BMW I4 | 1 | 0.1% | 229 | 1.5% | |||
| Citroen | Space Tourer | 1 | 0.1% | 16 | 0.1% | 1 | |
| Opel | Zafira | 1 | 0.1% | 5 | |||
| Peugeot | 208 | 237 | 1.6% | 152 | 1.8% | ||
| DS | 3 | 7 | 5 | 0.1% | |||
| BMW | 4 Series | ||||||
| MG | 5 | 219 | 1.4% | 132 | 1.5% | ||
| Fiat | 500C | 15 | 0.1% | ||||
| Mercedes-Benz | AMG | 1 | |||||
| Toyota | BZ4X | 3 | |||||
| Citroen | C4 | 84 | 0.6% | 38 | 0.4% | ||
| Opel | Combo Pass | 2 | |||||
| Opel | Corsa | 115 | 0.8% | 108 | 1.2% | ||
| Mercedes-Benz | E Class | 1 | |||||
| Audi | E-Tron GT | 63 | 0.4% | 33 | 0.4% | ||
| Nissan | Evalia | 1 | |||||
| Peugeot | Expert | 15 | 0.1% | 4 | |||
| BMW | I3 | 21 | 0.1% | 37 | 0.4% | ||
| Hyundai | Ioniq | 120 | 0.8% | 206 | 2.4% | ||
| Renault | Megane | 4 | |||||
| Tesla | Model S | 4 | |||||
| Tesla | Model X | 1 | |||||
| Opel | Mokka | 107 | 0.7% | 42 | 0.5% | ||
| Ford | Mustang | 80 | 0.5% | 33 | 0.4% | ||
| Porsche | Other Porsche | 1 | |||||
| Peugeot | Rifter | 1 | |||||
| Kia | Soul | 60 | 0.4% | 81 | 0.9% | ||
| Lexus | UX | 18 | 0.2% | ||||
| Opel | Vivaro Passenger Van | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 741 | 15,241 | 8,646 |
Source: SIMI Motorstats
*SIMI numbers reported may include a number of miscategorised registrations.