2025 Irish EV Sales

Rental premises sadly. I would have bought Diesel if it was up to me

https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2025/0711/1523019-new-ev-sales-jump-almost-30-in-first-half-of-year/

"New figures from the Central Statistics Office show that 13,102 new EVs were licensed during the six month period, up from 10,344 the same time in 2024.

21,424 new petrol cars were licensed between January and June, down 15% on the same period last year.

Meanwhile, the number of new diesel cars licensed decreased by 23% to 13,439."

A bridge technology....

Todate seen 2 252 Mercedes 300de phevs. Mercedes seem to be the only company selling diesel phevs so fairly niche option

July so far countrywide

I couldn't believe the difference in traffic congestion in Copehhagen , Denmark or Malmo, Sweden, compare to Carlow Town there was nothing like it in these cities.

A lot more bicycles, motorbikes, scooters and I even say Mopeds using the cycle lanes but the traffic was so light why anyone would bother is beyond me.

Ireland needs to significantly reduce it's fascination and love affair for passenger cars who mostly have one person in them, EV isn't going to solve congestion or another thing, I didn't see a fraction of the amount of SUV there that is here in Ireland.

It was an absolute pleasure to drive around Sweden and back into Malmo, we took the train back to Copenhagen and we didn't need a car there anyway.

I must have seen 1000 Bicycles outside Central Station in Copenhagen, It was nuts, I never saw so many bicycles in one place !

Pretty much every town in Ireland is choking with cars and big SUV.

I had the BMW i3 Rex which could do 170-220 Km on EV, it was the best thing ever, except the rear doors were a pain when the Boys got bigger and could get in and out themselves. Flick on the generator and off you go wherever you want, stop for a charge, or not, up to you, absolutely fantastic machine.

Less cars would solve air and noise pollution , congestion is just as bad, streets clogged up.

I know there is a redevelopment plan for Carlow Town, probably never happen but the idea is to make all of Tullow Street from Shamrock Square to Dublin Street and all of Potato marker pedestrian only, quite nice on the plan if they can do it. It would be a shock to the system not being able to drive down it or go down on the bike these roads but, we need to change our attitudes to car ownership and move to more viable forms of transport such as bicycles, Scooters and motorcycles, I'm not saying put the family on motorbikes but they can all ride bikes around town instead. Carlow has a bus link now too, it only took until 2023 and there's plenty of people who won't use it and take the car around town. Oddly, it doesn't go to the train station lol, but calls for new routes would see it connect to the station.

Unfortunately the purchase of cars , Tax on petrol, tax on car repairs is far too lucrative for the Government so there is no incentive to change.

If I could get from Carlow to the work site in Blanch I wouldn't be arsed taking the car. In peak traffic an hours trip can take 1.45 mins. To travel 85 Kms, that's insanity whether diesel land rover or EV. I'd have to get off at Heuston, get bus would take a hell of a lot longer and I don't know, probably have to change buses ? never going to happen.