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Electric vehicles rose 80.0% to 7.36% in Ireland in 2020, according to ACEA (Electrically Chargeable Vehicle = Battery Electric Vehicles+Extended-Range Electric Vehicles+Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles+Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles.
Historically, Electric vehicles in Ireland reached an all time high of 7.36% in 2020 and an all time low of 0.066% in 2013.
Ireland has been ranked 15th within the group of 29 countries we follow in terms of Electric vehicles, 15 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Total Chargeable Electric Vehicles (As % of New Cars Sold) | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Australia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.150% | 0.192% | 0.148% | 0.249% | 0.413% | ... | ||||
| Belgium | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.424% | 0.766% | 1.67% | 2.62% | 2.43% | |||
| Canada | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.666% | 0.977% | 1.75% | 2.61% | 7.64% | ... | ||||
| Denmark | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.855% | 2.55% | 0.861% | 0.605% | 2.14% | |||
| France | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.696% | 1.19% | 1.45% | 1.75% | 2.10% | |||||||
| Germany | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.432% | 0.735% | 0.752% | 1.59% | 1.97% | |||||||
| Iceland | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Ireland | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.266% | 0.467% | 0.471% | 0.722% | 1.57% | |||
| Italy | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.104% | 0.149% | 0.154% | 0.245% | 0.509% | |||
| Mexico | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Norway | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 13.7% | 22.4% | 29.0% | 39.3% | 49.1% | |||||||||
| Spain | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.158% | 0.205% | 0.319% | 0.605% | 0.894% | |||
| Sweden | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.462% | 0.651% | 0.981% | 1.97% | 8.01% | |||
| USA | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1.54% | 1.51% | 2.32% | 3.26% | 6.81% | ... | |||||
| United Kingdom | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.590% | 1.09% | 1.38% | 1.86% | 2.53% |
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