Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 5 March 2024
188. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Transport the total number of electric vehicles in Ireland to date in 2024; the number of electric vehicles registered annually over the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10492/24]
View answerThe details requested by the Deputy are provided in the table below. The data reflect the number of electric vehicles with a current motor tax as of 31 December each year from 2014 to 2023 and as at 29 February 2024 for the 2024 data. The data for fuel types of Diesel/Plug-In Hybrid Electric, Hybrid, Petrol/Plug-In Hybrid Electric and Plug-In Hybrid Electric have been aggregated into the fuel type Plug-In Hybrid to comply with statistical disclosure control rules. Statistical Disclosure Control (SDC) refers to methods that allow the dissemination of statistical information while ensuring that individuals are protected against disclosure, typically where there are very small numbers of individuals involved.
|
Fuel Type |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
|
DIESEL/ELECTRIC |
6 |
112 |
306 |
557 |
818 |
1,123 |
1,679 |
4,201 |
5,166 |
7,478 |
7,812 |
|
ELECTRIC |
701 |
1,251 |
1,825 |
2,913 |
4,825 |
9,120 |
13,694 |
23,333 |
39,280 |
62,484 |
66,942 |
|
PLUG-IN HYBRID |
8 |
132 |
452 |
894 |
2,831 |
6,436 |
12,497 |
24,394 |
34,298 |
47,862 |
51,426 |
|
PETROL/ELECTRIC |
9,073 |
10,809 |
14,298 |
21,119 |
32,083 |
47,560 |
61,756 |
83,411 |
107,751 |
131,144 |
138,879 |
|
Total Electric Vehicle Fleet |
9,788 |
12,304 |
16,881 |
25,483 |
40,557 |
64,239 |
89,626 |
135,339 |
186,495 |
248,968 |
265,059 |
