Vehicle History and data expert Cartell.ie and car sales platform CarsIreland.ie has announced today (February 28^th) on the results of an analysis on both Electric Vehicle (EV) and Plug-in Hybrid Electric (PHEV) sales in the Irish market in the year-to-date.

Hyundai in top position

Cartell.ie looked at the numbers of EVs and PHEVs (cars only) sold by manufacturer in the year to date and the results show Hyundai is the top selling brand in this combined segment. Volkswagen, the leader when we last looked at these results in October 2022, moves to fourth position overall. Tesla, a premium brand, does not feature at all in the top-10 this year so far. The changing fortunes of both VW and Tesla in this segment (in the year to date) are two of the notable results from this analysis but things may change as the year progresses.  

Table 1 Numbers of EVs/PHEVs sold by manufacturer Jan to February* 2023 (Source: Cartell, Carstat)

*All results for February may not yet have been recorded

Hyundai IONIQ 5 making a big impression in 2023

The top selling EV model is the IONIQ 5 making a huge impression with buyers. Cartell.ie looked at the total number of EVs and PHEVs sold by model in the year to date and found the top best-selling model so far this year is the IONIQ 5 with the KONA, a model also released by Hyundai, also comfortably in the top-5 best-selling models for the year-to-date. The Kia Niro occupies second position.  

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Table 2 Numbers of EVs/PHEVs sold by model Jan to February* 2023 (Source: Cartell Catstat)

* All results for February may not yet have been recorded

Imported EVs and PHEVs

Cartell.ie looked at the most popular imported EVs and PHEVs (cars only) in the year to date in 2023 and found that BMW leads the way with both the number one and number two spots – the 530e being the most popular imported model this year so far in this combined segment.

Table 3 Most popular imported models in the combined EV/PHEV segments Jan to February* 2023 (Source: Cartell Carstat)

* All results for February may not yet have been recorded

All-time popular models in the EV/PHEV segment

Finally, Cartell.ie looked at the overall picture to see which models are currently the all-time most popular in terms of the live fleet in this combined segment (EV/PHEV). The results show that the Nissan Leaf is still the most popular vehicle on Irish roads in this combined segment.

Table 4 All-time most popular car models sold in EV/PHEV segment live fleet (Source: Cartell Carstat

Table 5 All-time most popular manufacturers in EV/PHEV segment live fleet (Source: Cartell Carstat)

Ross Conlon, CEO CarsIreland.ie and Group Director New Business at Mediahuis Ireland says:

“The IONIQ 5 is comfortably the most popular car in this combined EV/PHEV segment replacing the Volkswagen ID 4 as the most popular model with Plug-In electric capacity, when the market is viewed over the first few weeks of this year. Still though, in terms of the overall numbers in the fleet, the most popular model in this combined segment is the Nissan Leaf which proved to be hugely popular with buyers. Interestingly, when we look at the imported market for the same segment BMW are leading the way with both the 530e and 330e by far the most popular imported models and BMW also lead the way overall in terms of the numbers of its vehicles in this combined segment in the live fleet.”