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Electric vehicles power ahead as new car registrations catch up on last year

The Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI), today released the official 222 new vehicle registration figures for September. New car registrations for September were up 42.5% (6,340) when compared to September 2021 (4,449). Registrations year to date...

03 Oct 2022 at 17:57

National News

New car registrations down 17% in past year, figures show

...by 17% in the past year, figures have shown. Brian Cooke, director general of the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI), described the registrations as “disappointing”. “This means the new car market is now 4% behind year to date and 17%...

02 Aug 2022 at 16:28

National News

Extra 100,000 charge points needed to reach Ireland's electric vehicle targets

...to be increased significantly. The independent report which was commissioned for The Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) stated that in order to deal with this older legacy fleet, help will be required for those with the least economic capacity...

21 Feb 2022 at 17:28

Motoring

Sales of new electric cars double despite overall market decline

...cars have been registered in comparison to 1,782 on the same period 2021. Commenting on the new vehicle registrations SIMI Brian Cooke Director General said: “New car sales are 12.2% down on February last year and 4.6% down year to date, while...

01 Mar 2022 at 18:10

Motoring

Hybrid and electric car sales saw unprecedented growth in January

...hybrid cars in Ireland in the first weeks of 2022, according to new figures from the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI). New cars registrations for the month of January are down slightly -0.2% (25,093) when compared to January 2021 (25,140)....

01 Feb 2022 at 16:38

Local News

Upswing in electric cars on Longford roads, new figures show

...2022. While grey is the top selling colour and has continued to keep that title now for the past seven years. Brian Cooke, SIMI Director General, spoke of challenges in the market: “Total new car registrations for 2022 were marginally ahead of 2021 but...

13 Jan 2023 at 16:00

National News

Latest figures show jump in electric car sales

...year to date used imports are down -5.1% (55,538) on 2020 (58,504) and down 40.8% on 2019 (93,892). Commenting Brian Cooke, SIMI Director General said: "New car registrations for October were ahead of last year for both the month and for the year to...

01 Nov 2021 at 18:09

National News

Dramatic drop in car sales as drivers opt for electric

...sale of of electric vehicles according to official new vehicle statistics released by Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) on Friday. A total of 7,827 new electric cars registered year to date in comparison to 3,613 on the same period 2020...

01 Oct 2021 at 14:04

Motoring

New car sales failing to power back to pre-Covid levels

...as they struggle to reach pre-Covid levels, according to new statistics from The Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI). SIMI has released the official 221 new vehicle registration figures for April. New car registrations for April...

03 May 2022 at 15:04

Local News

Over 500 new car registrations recorded in Longford during 2021

...of 2021. While grey is the top selling colour and has continued to keep that title for the past six years. Brian Cooke, SIMI Director General commented: “The difficulties arising from both COVID and Brexit impacted on the supply and demand for cars,...

17 Jan 2022 at 09:00

National News

Surging electric car sales drive 24% jump in new car registrations

... representing a 24% increase compared to the same month last year, according to the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI). A total of 104,641 new car registrations have been made so far this year - a 20.1% increase compared to the 87,115...

01 Aug 2023 at 13:56

National News

Price of second hand cars soars but supply issues improve

...of 15,678 new electric cars were registered in 2022, an increase on the 8,646 registrations seen in 2021 and 3,444 in 2019 (SIMI). In Q4 of 2022 (although usually this quarter sees much fewer new registrations) EVs accounted for 30.7% of new car...

19 Jan 2023 at 09:55

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