2025 Irish EV Sales

Maybe they'll all buy an identical Micra instead 😁

Spot on.
R5, ID3 GTX and Born VZ are all completely niche products.

I think it's great to see in the last year the expansion of small EV options giving more choice for people to buy their 1st EV. What I'm waiting for is the launch of the ID2 Polo or whatever it will be called early ? Next year. A very important car I think for VW being a mainstream manufacturer and if they get it right should sell in large numbers. To a lesser extent also the ID1 but that isn't due until 2027.

they were right then and they’re right now :)

Any hint of a Boards gathering at the show?

Or is that too 2015?

some Jan-Nov numbers, this is probably where the year will end.

EV market share is back to 2023’s 18.5%.

most if not all manufacturers are ahead now of 2023, purely down to the market having considerably more models available, and only Tesla, MG & bmw are down for 2 years straight

Is it surprising really? A lot more competition year on year and still an overwhelming majority of buyers quite resistant to change / risk adverse and sticking to established brands like VW - if they even move to EVs in the first place.

Koreans doing well with better perceived warranties and Renault launching the R5 gave a nice boost to the figures.

No real value in BMW in any segment anymore.

re: Tesla, I suppose it’s how you interpret it.

The 3 manufacturers with their level of volume (Kia, Hyundai & VW), are all considerably ahead of last years volume - and Tesla have 2 new models in their lineup. I know the M3 was face-lifted for 2024, but still. They sold 3,000 of the 2 pre-facelift models in 2023.

As for December deliveries, surely people have figured out Tesla by now and just delay their delivery to Jan. we’ve seen how it’s all just smoke and mirrors for a few Junes and Decembers at this stage.

It's weird Tesla always seems to be the headline for people reporting on sales numbers , weckler had some post on threads about Teslas decline when's it marginal and they have two of the top 5 selling EV models in the country, obviously only having 2 models will mean as other manufacturers ranges increase their market share will drop!

For me I'm a little surprised that the % drop is less than 3. With all the bad press you'd think it would be more of a drop

For others I think there's a combination of jealousy and buyers remorse, most would have bought more expensive cars with less tech in them only to find they have to spend €200-€300 a year on servicing screenwash. I'd put Weckler into that grouping, if memory serves he spent €60k on his VW

Stock doing well, shareholders happy (including all the ones on here), customers happy. Seems like we are nitpicking maybe?

you’re conflating two things that normally should be connected, but with Tesla aren’t (for all the reasons we discuss ad nauseum).

sales numbers are the only true measure of a cars commercial success. It’s unconnected to robots or Ai or shareholders or share price. (That said, the high volume of Tesla and other EV sales to taxi drivers will muddy the water).

These 2 models will almost certainly never be big volume sellers again, Musk going away or not, that’s just how the car lifecycle works.