2025 Irish EV Sales

How did you come to that conclusion? What is the CSO figure for Hybrids?

But that is only plug in hybrids. Hybrid (petrol-electric) according to SIMI are the most popular at 28%. The discrepancy between CSO and SIMI figures would have to be large for this to change. Based on the fact that they decided to give other fuel types, we are able to tell that Hybrid (petrol ekectric) is the biggest share. This article, is poorly written and fails to mention the best selling category in January 2026. So can understand why you believe EVs were the best sellers.

Of course it suits the narrative to cherry pick or only highlught certain stats on occasion.

There are no leading questions, i asked the question to see if i was missing something but based on your replies I have not. There is no need to be getting upset with me on this. I already said the article was misleading and I can understand why you have misinterpreted it.

I do have a bee in my bonnet as regards to incorrect or misleading reporting on statistics.

The trend is clearly going in one direction, but that is no excuse for misinterpreting data when it has now been pointed out to you.

I think the whole idea of "You'd be mad not to buy anything but an EV in 2026" is completely idiotic.

Judging by those stats there are going to be many hybrids on the roads for another 20+ years. There's also well over 50,000 non EV's being imported every year too.

So to be clear, vehicles that require petrol/diesel to run still vastly outsell vehicles that have the ability to plug a charger into them.

You're completely missing the point.

A closer look at the CSO data tells a very clear story: BEVs topped the charts for licensed vehicles in the second half of 2025. People can slice the numbers however they like—some will insist that five out of six drivetrains still rely on fossil fuels, while others will point out that four out of six include a battery.

To me, that kind of framing is irrelevant. The direction of travel is obvious.

Agreed, the direction of travel is the important part rather than the individual figures. January to June had the electric figure at 17% so going from that to 24% there's a huge bounce and the most certain sign yet that the days of the fossil fuel engine are largely numbered

As an aside your table adds up to 101% which is driving my OCD nuts haha!

Would largely agree with you on what you say about govt incentives. I think the second-hand market is important here and there's an opportunity to improve confidence in the second hand market by scrapping the taxes paid on importing an EV, specifically from the UK. This can be indirectly done by offering a grant to the value of the taxes paid on importing an EV. But then there would be less money for bike shelters and security huts to be fair

People who paid good money for an EV seeing it greatly discounted a couple of months later isn’t going to sit well

We were told many moons ago that battery technology would get cheaper as time went on. I'm not sure why there is so much surprise and annoyance when car manufacturers start passing these savings on to customers. Yes your vehicle is now worth less on trade-in but your next EV is now also much cheaper, realistically these should cancel each other out

no ability for a home charger is probably a key reason for some though- I’d accept that.

Agreed, this is a key reason many people are so hesitant to buy an EV. Until there can be a degree of confidence in public charging it's unlikely that apartment dwellers or those without driveways will make the switch

Discounting pre-owned EVs and creating confidence in second hand EVs will help with those who might be thinking of switching but don't want the investment burden of a new car

Decent supply, yes, but always room for improvement

There are some decent subscription options, such as if you live near one of the 6 Ionity sites in our country. Weev as well with their Wednesday promotions can provide good value as well, as long as they continue. They don't compare to some of the home rates which can be as low as 8 or 9 cents but they can make moving from diesel attractive if they stick around for a while

A bigger issue I think is the perception that the prices are unstable. In 2022 ESB Ecars doubled their prices over the space of 9 months. That simply doesn't happen in the petrol/diesel industry.

Price drops had absolutely nothing to do with battery technology. Legacy makers EV's were not selling and got massively undercut by Tesla so they were forced to reduce their prices. It's not as if they released new models with cheaper battery tech, they literally just slashed thousands off existing stock that wasn't selling

EV supply tends to be fairly inconsistent too with so many new models being launched, unlike ICE cars that are ready to buy in January.

Hand picking months to suit things doesn’t help anyone. BEV sales are increasing. Great.

Petrol and petrol that can be charged is higher when you look at 12 months. Nobody knows yet what way it will go over the next 12 but BEVs will increase. Intentionally skewing things by saying a car that can take a plug is a BEV to suit numbers is nonsense and isn’t needed here, it’s a positive story about BEVs regardless.

Manufacturers are quite literally being forced by the EU to offer less ICE cars and more BEV cars, so of course the trend will continue.

Where do ye get these tables and charts that breakdown bev, Phev and hybrid.

Handpicking months might not make sense, but picking the sales figures in years or half-years can paint an overall better picture

There is already a clear path for the discontinuation of ICE, even the most recent extension isn't anything to sing about. Boris Johnsons Brexit now will be stopping the sales of new ICE before the EU does.

The German car makers don't like that though and clearly want to hold on to ICE for as long as possible due to the lower cost to build and higher ongoing maintenance costs. Potentially helped by OPEC. Sad really that it all comes down to greed