2024 Irish EV Sales

Sorry see post above.. what did ye end up buying? Thanks

Some really bleak numbers there…..
The greenwashing effect of petrol hybrids must be really taking hold because diesel car sales numbers are also in tatters.

A fair few people I know are buying plug in hybrids because they can cover their daily commute or local journeys on battery only.. they never or rarely use the petrol/engine unless they do long journeys which might only be couple of times a year. Important to do at least one engine powered journey a month in these cars or the mechanical side and fuel side will become unhappy. Was thinking about pricing and EVs are probably about the same price as ice new now and definitely cheaper than plug in hybrids which is basically a conjoined EV and ice car so the price is going to be higher. The cost of removing potential range anxiety is pretty high

Personally I don’t think caring about the environment has much to do with a car buying decision; EVs or not. As for BEVs, it’s abundantly clear that ‘tailpipe emissions’ is not the primary reason given when asked why you bought it.

EVs have greenwashing too, with some rather big holes being dug in the ground in the Congo or wherever - drivers are not too concerned.

Considering where we are in the rollout of BEV, If you can do the vast majority of your miles on electric and have a ‘range extender’ for long journeys, people seem to be very happy to go that way at the moment. I don’t see the point personally, but as we always say, the people on a motor forum are not representative of the average car buyer in any way!

I went looking for a PHEV but ended up with an BEV because the used PHEV were so much more expensive it didn't make sense, for me. Used because a year ago the new prices made no sense to me.

Unless I was doing a regular long distance journey having a BEV that can be charged faster does 95% of my journeys with less charging, and lower running costs. Makes more sense.

If I was doing regular long distance where range and time was important, I'd just buy an ICE. Theres no govt disincentive not to buy one and it's more economical on long runs and simpler than a hybrid.

If I wanted a PHEV it would have to have 150km range and fast charging. Things I only realise from running a BEV. But I'm not sure it's worth the extra It would cost. I think I could get a BEV with 300km range and very fast charging DC and AC for much less and it would be fine for 98% of journeys, a lot cheaper to run. That last 2-5% of journeys where it's pain I could live with.

But I totally get why people choose a MHEV or PHEV. Its a less risky compromise.

A bit of EV racism being practiced here😁 Reality is most EV owners don't need to plug in in work to cover there commute either but are cheapskates and won't charge at home for between 6 and 20c per kwh.

Personally I don't see why EV driving emloyees feel their employer should be obliged to fund the cost of non work related driving. Great deal to come into work on turtle mode and dump 80kwh of free electricity into their car. Imagine the termity of a phev driver inhibiting access to this freebie🤣

Will probably be taxable too but even so would be a profitable little hustle. Better make sure any EV driving luddite without vtg will be excluded from chargers😁

Obviously not the ones being referred to

Suits us perfectly. 6 if not 7 days a week is all on battery, charged by solar. But due to the nature of my wife's job she can get a call at short notice at all hours to go to several sites the next day. They're usually at either end of the country so she'll be gone from dawn to that night and the PHEV in hybrid mode is perfect.

Added bonus now is that she won't need to worry about the EV Charger police.

No different to parking for some and not for others.

I was aware of your status and obviously it's the owners perogative to make such calls. Would think though, as the number of EVs increase, this is going to be a much more contentious IR issue in the future. Just like ecars/Lidl and the like introducing charges stopped locals hogging free chargers they didn't need, employers may have to consider charging for chargers to avoid employee friction and prioritise chargers for actual work purpose. No need to publicly ban phev owners from chargers if more expensive to charge at work that a decent domestic night rate.

So is this headline misleading?

https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2024/0902/1467934-new-electric-vehicle-sales-down-over-25-so-far-this-year/

In terms of market share, it isn't quite so bad.

2023 Aug overall registrations 8261 of which 1782 were EV. EVs were 21.6% of overall.

2024 Aug overall registrations 7567 of which 1259 were EV. EVs were 16.8% of overall.

That's a 4.9% reduction in market share for registrations.

Edit: I had writen Jan-Aug. Corrected to say August only.

@derekreilly has made a fair point that 2023 numbers probably contained pent up post COVID demand. The long run rate is positive, albeit not at that rate we might have hoped for.