Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 5 March 2024
189. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Transport the number of cars and percentage of the national vehicle fleet powered by fossil fuels in 2023 and to date in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10493/24]
View answerThe details requested by the Deputy are provided in the table below. The data reflect the number of private vehicles with a current motor tax as of 31 December 2023 and 29 February 2024 (most recent data for 2024) and are powered by a fossil fuels. Vehicles such as hybrid are included in the data below as they have the option to use fossil fuels. Vehicles not considered to be powered by fossil fuels are fully electric vehicles.
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2023/2024 Private Vehicle Fleet Powered by Fossil Fuels under taxation as of 31-Dec-2023 and 29-Feb-2024. |
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Fuel Type |
2023 Total Number of Vehicles |
2023 % of Overall Fleet |
2024 YTD Total Number of Vehicles |
2024 YTD % of Overall Fleet |
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DIESEL |
1,268,812 |
54.62 |
1,277,555 |
54.25 |
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DIESEL/ELECTRIC |
6,593 |
0.28 |
6,888 |
0.29 |
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DIESEL/PLUG-IN HYBRID ELECTRIC |
1,867 |
0.08 |
1,976 |
0.08 |
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ETHANOL/DIESEL |
4 |
0 |
4 |
0.00 |
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ETHANOL/PETROL |
6,491 |
0.28 |
6,453 |
0.27 |
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OTHER |
148 |
0.01 |
147 |
0.01 |
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PETROL |
811,818 |
34.95 |
819,536 |
34.80 |
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PETROL & GAS |
905 |
0.04 |
881 |
0.04 |
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PETROL/ELECTRIC |
124,149 |
5.34 |
131,643 |
5.59 |
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PETROL/PLUG-IN HYBRID ELECTRIC |
44,358 |
1.91 |
47,704 |
2.03 |
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Total fleet powered by Fossil Fuels |
2,265,145 |
97.51 |
2,292,787 |
97.37 |
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Total Fleet |
2,322,875 |
2,354,746 |
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