NEW car registrations in Donegal for the month of February were up 4.19 per cent.
The number of new cars registered increased from 907 in 2022 to 945 in 2023.
There was a 43.55 per cent increase in the number of electric cars purchased in Donegal with 89 cars purchased in 2023 compared to 62 in 2022.
Nationally, new car registrations for the month of February were up 9.9 per cent (13,161) when compared to February 2022 (11,971).
Registrations year to date are up 9.4 per cent (40,476) on the same period last year (36,985).
Light Commercial vehicles (LCV) are up 12.8 per cent (2,585) compared to February last year (2,291) and year to date are up 11.0 per cent (8,152).
For the month of February 2,219 new electric vehicles were registered compared to 1,614 in February 2022 (+37.5 per cent).
So far this year 5,893 new electric cars have been registered in comparison to 4,311 on the same period 2022.
Electric Vehicle and Plug-in Hybrids and Hybrids continue to increase their market share, with a combined market share now of 41%. Internal combustion engine type vehicles remain dominant with petrol accounting for 32.48%, Diesel 23.32%, Hybrid 19.16%, Electric 14.56% and Plug-in Electric Hybrid 7.59%.
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