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Sales of electric cars rose 35.8% to 6.51 thousand in Ireland in 2020, according to ACEA.
Historically, sales of electric cars in Ireland reached an all time high of 6.51 thousand in 2020 and an all time low of 0.049 thousand in 2013.
Ireland has been ranked 16th within the group of 29 countries we follow in terms of sales of electric cars, 16 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Sales of Total Chargeable Electric Vehicles | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Australia | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1.32 | 1.77 | 1.37 | 2.28 | 3.61 | ... | ||||
| Belgium | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2.05 | 3.84 | 8.96 | 14.3 | 13.4 | |||
| Canada | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5.07 | 6.96 | 11.6 | 16.7 | 44.2 | ... | ||||
| Denmark | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1.62 | 5.30 | 2.06 | 1.34 | 4.68 | |||
| France | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 12.5 | 22.9 | 29.2 | 36.8 | 45.6 | |||||||
| Germany | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 13.1 | 23.6 | 25.2 | 54.6 | 67.7 | |||||||
| Iceland | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Ireland | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.256 | 0.583 | 0.690 | 0.948 | 1.97 | |||
| Italy | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1.42 | 2.34 | 2.83 | 4.83 | 9.73 | |||
| Mexico | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Norway | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 19.8 | 33.8 | 44.9 | 62.3 | 72.7 | |||||||||
| Spain | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1.41 | 2.25 | 3.65 | 7.48 | 11.8 | |||
| Sweden | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1.41 | 2.25 | 13.2 | 19.7 | 28.3 | |||
| USA | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 119 | 114 | 160 | 198 | 361 | ... | |||||
| United Kingdom | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 14.6 | 28.7 | 36.9 | 47.3 | 59.9 |
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