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Electric Vehicles

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 18 April 2019

Thursday, 18 April 2019

Ceisteanna (254)

Robert Troy

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254. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of electric vehicles purchased in 2018; and the number purchased to date in 2019. [18315/19]

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The details requested by the Deputy are provided below in tabular format. It should be noted that the data provided in the tables is for vehicles that have been both registered and licensed (motor tax) in this State. Vehicles registered and not licensed are not included in the data. Registration of vehicles is the responsibility of the Revenue Commissioners and that data may be available from that Department. .

Table 1.  Number of New Vehicles Licensed in 2018 by Taxation Class and Type of Fuel.

TAXATION CLASS

PETROL

DIESEL

PETROL & ELECTRIC HYBRID

PETROL OR DIESEL PLUG-IN HYRBID

 Private Cars   

46,776

65,814

6,629

715

 Goods Vehicles 

8

25,372

0

2

 Exempt Vehicles

1,416

4,197

276

10

 Motor Cycles   

1,549

0

0

0

 Tractors   

5

2,038

0

0

 Mobile Machines, Fork Lift Trucks

0

471

0

0

Small   Public Service Vehicles

20

364

14

0

 Large Public Service Vehicles

0

558

0

0

 *Other Classes

4

286

2

0

 Total

49,778

99,100

6,921

727

Table cntd.

TAXATION CLASS

ELECTRIC

DIESEL & ELECTRIC HYBRID

OTHER

TOTAL

 Private Cars   

1,222

1

0

121,157

 Goods Vehicles 

67

0

10

25,459

 Exempt Vehicles

11

0

0

5,910

 Motor Cycles   

7

0

0

1,556

 Tractors   

0

0

0

2,043

 Mobile Machines, Fork Lift Trucks

1

0

0

472

Small   Public Service Vehicles

20

0

0

418

 Large Public Service Vehicles

0

0

0

558

 *Other Classes

0

0

0

292

 Total

1,328

1

10

157,865

Table 2. Number of New Vehicles Licensed in 2019 ( January to March) by Taxation Class and Type of Fuel.

Taxation Class

Petrol

Diesel

Petrol and electric hybrid

Electric

Private Cars

20,380

24,565

4,061

1,303

Goods Vehicles

4

7,914

0

7

Exempt Vehicles

556

1,443

165

3

Tractors

1

720

0

0

Motor Cycles

506

0

0

7

Machines or Contrivances

0

160

0

0

Small Public Service Vehicles

2

99

7

6

Large Public Service Vehicles

0

133

0

0

*Other Classes

0

76

3

0

Total

21,449

35,110

4,236

1,326

Table cntd.

Taxation Class

Petrol or Diesel plug-in hybrid   electric

Other

Diesel and electric hybrid

Total

Private Cars

552

0

0

50,861

Goods Vehicles

1

6

0

7,932

Exempt Vehicles

8

0

0

2,175

Tractors

0

0

0

721

Motor Cycles

0

0

0

513

Machines or Contrivances

0

0

0

160

Small Public Service Vehicles

0

0

0

114

Large Public Service Vehicles

0

0

0

133

*Other Classes

0

1

0

80

Total

561

7

0

62,689

*Includes School Buses, Hearses, Dumpers and Combine Harvesters. 

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