Irish EV Registrations – August 2022

New registrations proportionately on the rise again in August, with plug-in vehicle registrations accounting for 25.14% of all new car registrations in Ireland last month.

Excluding imports, so far this year (January – August) there’s been a total of:

12,665 battery-only electric vehicles (BEVs) registered, compared to 7,049 in the same period last year, and;
6,976 plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) registered, compared to 7,039 in the same period last year.

Summary

The top-3 registered new BEVs in August were:

Volkswagen ID.4 526; not just the top registered BEV, the top registered new car.
Volkswagen ID.3 111
Skoda Enyaq 110

25.14% of new cars registered in August 2022 were plug-in, comprised of:

BEV 1,493 (18.30%)
PHEV 558 (6.84%)

20.64% of all new plug-in car registrations so far (January – August) this year were plug-in, categorised as:

BEV 12,665 (13.31%)
PHEV 6,976 (7.33%)

Separately, new and used imports accounted for the following plug-in car registrations so far this year (January – August):

BEV 266
PHEV 2,187

Complete breakdown of new BEVs registered:

Make	Model	Aug 2022	% sales Aug 2022	2022 to Date (Jan – Aug)	% sales 2022 to Date (Jan – Aug)	2021 (Jan – Dec)	% sales 2021
Volkswagen	ID.4	526	35.2%	2,384	18.8%	1,432	16.6%
Volkswagen	ID.3	111	7.4%	861	6.8%	1,271	14.7%
Skoda	Enyaq	110	7.4%	465	3.7%	236	2.7%
Kia	EV6	57	3.8%	914	7.2%	37	0.4%
Hyundai	Kona	55	3.7%	508	4.0%	339	3.9%
Peugeot	2008	51	3.4%	286	2.3%	230	2.7%
Tesla	Model 3	48	3.2%	551	4.4%	858	9.9%
Volkswagen	ID.5	43	2.9%	166	1.3%
MG	ZS	43	2.9%	174	1.4%	238	2.8%
MG	5	40	2.7%	215	1.7%	132	1.5%
Nissan	Leaf	40	2.7%	775	6.1%	736	8.5%
Audi	E-Tron	36	2.4%	217	1.7%	154	1.8%
Nissan	Ariya	34	2.3%	34	0.3%
BMW	iX3	34	2.3%	146	1.2%	104	1.2%
Polestar	Polestar 2	26	1.7%	59	0.5%
Mercedes-Benz	EQB	23	1.5%	109	0.9%
Mini	Mini Hatch	23	1.5%	144	1.1%	166	1.9%
Volvo	XC40	23	1.5%	281	2.2%	31	0.4%
Fiat	500	22	1.5%	120	0.9%
Opel	Mokka	22	1.5%	103	0.8%	42	0.5%
BMW	iX	18	1.2%	166	1.3%	15	0.2%
Jaguar	I-Pace	11	0.7%	90	0.7%	41	0.5%
Cupra	Born	10	0.7%	51	0.4%
Peugeot	208	9	0.6%	238	1.9%	152	1.8%
Mercedes-Benz	EQA	9	0.6%	174	1.4%	69	0.8%
Mercedes-Benz	EQE	9	0.6%	18	0.1%
Audi	Q4 Etron	9	0.6%	189	1.5%	170	2.0%
Mercedes-Benz	EQS	8	0.5%	53	0.4%
Kia	Niro	8	0.5%	428	3.4%	836	9.7%
BMW	4 Series*	5	0.3%	182	1.4%
Volvo	C40	4	0.3%	74	0.6%
Fiat	500C	3	0.2%	14	0.1%
Ford	Mustang	3	0.2%	74	0.6%	33	0.4%
Opel	Corsa	2	0.1%	115	0.9%	108	1.2%
Mercedes-Benz	EQC	2	0.1%	38	0.3%	21	0.2%
Peugeot	Expert	2	0.1%	18	0.1%	4
Kia	Soul	2	0.1%	60	0.5%	81	0.9%
DS	3	1	0.1%	7	0.1%	5	0.1%
Mercedes-Benz	AMG	1	0.1%	1
Citroen	Berlingo Pass	1	0.1%	21	0.2%
Citroen	C4	1	0.1%	84	0.7%	38	0.4%
Audi	E-Tron GT	1	0.1%	62	0.5%	33	0.4%
BMW	I3	1	0.1%	19	0.2%	37	0.4%
Hyundai	Ioniq 5	1	0.1%	1,146	9.0%	78	0.9%
Peugeot	Rifter	1	0.1%	1	0.0%
Porsche	Taycan	1	0.1%	84	0.7%	80	0.9%
BMW	X4*	1	0.1%	43	0.3%
Opel	Zafira	1	0.1%	4	0.0%
Renault	Zoe	1	0.1%	293	2.3%	467	5.4%
Toyota	BZ4X			3
Opel	Combo Pass			2
Mercedes-Benz	E Class			1
Mercedes-Benz	EQV					1
Nissan	Evalia					1
Honda	Honda E			34	0.3%	38	0.4%
Hyundai	Ioniq			120	0.9%	206	2.4%
Tesla	Model S					4
Tesla	Model X*					1
Tesla	Model Y			176	1.4%
Mazda	MX			56	0.4%	98	1.1%
Porsche	Other Porsche					1
Citroen	Space Tourer			12	0.1%	1
Lexus	UX					18	0.2%
Opel	Vivaro Passenger Van			2		3
Total		1,493		12,665		8,646