Vehicle history and data expert Cartell.ie and Car sales platform CarsIreland.ie has produced an analysis on Electric Vehicle (EV) sales in the Irish market in the year-to-date. 

Cartell.ie looked at the numbers of EVs sold by manufacturer in the year to date and the results show Hyundai has outsold its rivals (1536 units), with Kia in second position (1120) and Volkswagen (the leader in our equivalent analysis last year) now in third with 1028. Nissan sold 960 electric vehicles and Tesla has sold 800 vehicles during the period under review, leaving them in fifth overall. 

Cartell.ie also looked at the total number of EVs sold by model in the year to date and found the best-selling model so far this year is the Hyundai Ioniq 5 (995) followed by the Nissan Leaf (960) and VW ID 4 (789). The Tesla Model 3 is currently in 4th position on 592.  

Cartell.ie also report that compared with their petrol and diesel counterparts, owners of EVs tend to hold onto their vehicle longer. Cartell looked at all private cars in the fleet, all fuel types, to consider ownership changes. The company found that 75% of EVs registered are still on their first owner, this contrasts with a figure of 29% for the private fleet as a whole. 

Finally Cartell.ie looked at the overall number of EVs sold in Ireland between January and March each year for the last 4 years. In 2022, 7078 EVs were sold in the period. This compares to 2085 in 2021, 1400 in 20202 and 923 in 2019.