New EVs licensed in April rose by 23% on last year – CSO
New figures from the Central Statistics Office show that the number of new electric vehicles licensed in April increased by 23% on the same time last year – rising to 1,783 from 1,444.
This means the share of EVs among new private cars from January to April was 16% compared with 13% during the same time last year.
The CSO noted that the number of new plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) licensed in April jumped by 73% to 1,761 from 1,017, increasing the year-to-date share of PHEVs among new private cars to 15% from 8%.
Today’s figures show that the total number of new private cars licensed in April grew by 5% to 13,033 from a figure of 12,409 in April of last year.
Meanwhile, the number of used (imported) cars licensed increased by 3% to 5,537 from 5,399 in April of this year compared with the same month last year.
In the first four months of 2025, 17,446 new cars licensed were petrol compared with 19,934 in the same time last year, a fall of 12%. Comparing the first four months of 2025 with 2024, the number of new diesel cars licensed fell by 25% to 10,917 from 14,612.
Today’s figures show that Toyota was the most popular make of new private car licensed in April at 1,732 vehicles, followed by Volkswagen (1,694), Skoda (1,180), Kia (972), and Hyundai (902).
Together, these five makes represented 50% of all new private cars licensed in April, the CSO noted.
Meanwhile, the most popular brand of new electric car licensed last month was the Volkswagen ID.4 (226), followed by the Toyota BZ4X (91) and the Kia EV6 (81).
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