2021 Irish EV sales

Im not surprised take up is low… Im looking for one myself but am bamboozled with the number of things to watch out for.

- as soon as I think I have my list another thing like plug compatibility above gets added.

Leaf was on my list of possibles - seems an ideal starter ev car - nice to drive and not so expensive...

…or can anyone recommend a cheat sheet, or another thread here, with suggestions of what i need consider. Or what car to look out for

(Milage of 150km+ range- used is ok- 20k euros aprox budget ideal, lots gadgets nice).

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National average is 0.4% with the caveat that 2016 census has 4.7M population although I saw reports we're above 5M. I didn't find any source with pop by county up to date. So it could be lower. We are missing the imports and commercials which could raise the figures a bit.

44% of the whole 19k BEVs were registered this year. Which means the EV lot nearly doubled in a year. If the trend continues we would see 15k more next year. Are we ready for it?

Think you're missing some on your filter. Birdhill, Cork, Tralee, actually maybe all the Tesla Superchargers i.e. the biggest HPC network in the country 😁

"The shift towards electric vehicles has been outpaced by the shift towards SUVs and the IEA says there would be need to be twice as many EVs on the road as there is now to offset the rise in emissions caused by the growth in popularity of SUVs.

Electric SUVs are becoming more popular and in 2021, around 55% of the electric car models on the market were SUVs, up from 45% two years ago. For the first time ever, the electrification ratio of SUVs matches the electrification ratio of non-SUV cars. In both the United States and the European Union, e-SUVs are expected to account for more than 55% of all electric car sales in 2021."

Any idea how many SUVs vs Electric SUVs sold in Ireland in 2021?

Will EV sales in Ireland hit 10,000 for 2021?

How have 2nd hand values been holding up on the kona and e-Niro versus their ICE siblings? they were a big hit when they came out

Thanks for that - basically identical, assuming both cars had similar miles. a concern with early EV’s was always going to be the speed of iteration with the tech and range, and that seems to be exactly what is happening.

The ‘new’ base model 3 is a great example. the initial version was the best EV of its day and very future-proofed, but now the same car has been made better underneath, but still costs about the same, (and it makes the LR seem expensive now too). In future when you’re buying a 2nd hand M3, the older version of the same car will be harder to sell - like selling a pre ‘08 520d versus a 520d from July ‘08 onwards. Same same, but actually very different.

Hopefully; doling out scarce dosh to people who can afford 60k cars and extra benefit to company directors who virtue signal (and trade up) with an EV is a bad joke - the OEMs are just laughing and shoving up the prices anyway

Apparently in the early 00’s when the Silicon Valley guys were all virtue signalling by driving around in $20k Prius’s, Jay Leno (I think it was) said that the first guy to make these guys a $100k sedan will make a fortune 😏

A total of 8,646 new electric cars were registered in 2021, an increase on the 4,013 registrations seen in 2020 and 3,444 in 2019.

Will Seat have supply this year. Running the MEB platform

I've my order in for the new MG ZS EV. It should be here in Feb, first time ever buying a new car. I gave up the hopes of getting my model S with 7 seats. Used prices went a bit silly and for the money (€35k) I'd be getting an end if warranty model rather than a new MG with a full 7 years peace if mind.

I think if MG can get enough shipped they will be in the top 5 this year. If you look at something as simple as the interest in it based on views on EV review channels like Noby or EV Ireland the MG videos perform well above the average. Noby's at 41,000 and EV Ireland at 21,000 views.

So more EVs were sold in 2021 than 2020+2019 combined, plus more.

More EVs than PHEVs, and a roughly 1:2 ratio of EV to HEV. Given the amount of greenwashing and toyota self charging advertising I think that 1:2 is actually quite impressive and set to rise again next year. I agree with the prior poster who said it could double in 2022 from 2021.