Irish EV Association News

EV Registrations – Q1, & March 2024

Written by Thomas | Apr 5, 2024 4:30:00 PM

Q1 2024

New plug-in vehicle registrations amounted to 20.8% in Q1 2024, comprised of:

New Vehicles

Q1 2024 Units (Market Share) 

Q1 2023 Units (Market Share) 

BEV

7,971 (12.7%)

9,297 (16.0%)

PHEV

5,094 (8.1%)

4,626 (8.0%)

Clearly there’s a significant decline in BEV registrations - down 1,326 units (-14.3%). As Q1 2024 new vehicle registrations otherwise increased 8.0%, a steeper decline was seen in BEV market share (from 16.0% to 12.7%). Conversely, PHEV registrations increased by 468 (10.0%), with a slight bump in market share (from 8.0% to 8.1%).

Registrations from used imports accounted for a further:

Used Imports

Q1 2024 Units

Q1 2023 Units

BEV

429

380

PHEV

2,004

1,001

This indicates a significant, albeit from a low base, increase in BEV registrations – up 12.9%, & PHEV registrations doubling. It’s worth noting too that Q1 2024 used import registrations otherwise increased 24.2% v. Q1 2023, i.e. while BEVs while increased, it increased at a rate below the overall growth rate.

The top 5 most-registered BEVs in Q1 were the:

  1. Hyundai Kona
  2. Tesla Model 3
  3. Volkswagen ID.4
  4. Volkswagen ID.3
  5. MG MG4

A full breakdown of Q1 is available below.

Looking at the top 10 new BEVs registered by manufacturer:

Manufacturer

Q1 2024 

Q1 2023 

Volkswagen

1,087 

2,050 

Hyundai

926 

1,461 

Tesla

833 

678 

BYD

723 

0 

Kia

639 

760 

MG

567 

195 

BMW

448 

630 

Audi

367 

395 

Skoda 

365 

479 

Nissan 

364 

385 

Source: SIMI Motorstats 

Decreases were seen in new registrations by the majority of manufacturers v. 2023, with Volkswagen worst affected to date – declining 47%. This wasn’t the case with the plug-in vehicle only manufacturers though – with both Tesla & MG on the up; both BYD & MG are new to the top 10 this year. Whether this improves over the coming quarters remains to be seen.

March 2024

New plug-in vehicle registrations increased to 22.1% in March, comprised of:

  • 2,009 (13.5%) BEVs, &;
  • 1,296 (8.7%) PHEVs.

New BEV registrations, while up on February (market share increasing from 11.3% -> 13.5%), continue to disappoint (as discussed earlier). As with prior months, PHEV new registrations have remained strong.

Additional registrations from used imports accounted for a further:

  • 128 BEVs, &;
  • 702 PHEVs.

The top 3 most-registered BEVs in March were the:

  1. Tesla Model 3
  2. Tesla Model Y
  3. Volkswagen ID.3

Provided below is a complete breakdown of new BEVs registered in March, registered so far this year, i.e. Q1, & registrations for the prior year:

Make

Model

Mar

2024

% sales

Mar 2024

2024

(Jan - Mar)

% sales 2024

(Jan - Mar)

2023

(Jan - Dec)

% sales 2023

(Jan - Dec)

Tesla

Model 3

214

10.7%

465

5.8%

1,143

5.0%

Tesla

Model Y

208

10.4%

369

4.6%

2,220

9.7%

Volkswagen

ID.3

160

8.0%

416

5.2%

803

3.5%

Skoda

Enyaq

125

6.2%

365

4.6%

1,259

5.5%

Audi

Q4 e-tron

90

4.5%

267

3.3%

609

2.7%

BYD

Seal

77

 

372

4.7%

6

 

MG

MG4

71

 

402

5.0%

1,149

5.0%

Kia

EV6

70

 

270

3.4%

936

4.1%

BMW

iX1

68

 

194

2.4%

155

 

Kia

Niro

63

 

221

2.8%

706

3.1%

Volkswagen

ID.4

62

 

456

5.7%

2,922

12.8%

Toyota

BZ4X

49

 

159

2.0%

651

2.9%

Hyundai

Kona

45

 

514

6.4%

721

3.2%

BYD

ATTO 3

45

 

198

2.5%

506

2.2%

Volvo

EX30

44

 

115

1.4%

   

Nissan

Ariya

42

 

140

1.8%

106

 

BMW

I4

42

 

111

1.4%

543

2.4%

Hyundai

Ioniq 5

41

 

269

3.4%

1,250

5.5%

Nissan

Leaf

36

 

224

2.8%

437

1.9%

Kia

EV9

35

 

148

1.9%

11

 

Volvo

XC40

33

 

188

2.4%

429

1.9%

Cupra

Born

33

 

150

1.9%

635

2.8%

BMW

iX3

33

 

64

 

309

1.4%

BYD

Dolphin

28

 

153

1.9%

28

 

Mercedes-Benz

EQE SUV

27

 

65

 

18

 

Renault

Megane

24

 

161

2.0%

545

2.4%

Polestar

Polestar 2

21

 

74

 

313

1.4%

Audi

Q8 e-tron

21

 

69

 

107

 

Hyundai

Ioniq 6

17

 

144

1.8%

342

1.5%

MG

ZS

17

 

116

1.5%

270

1.2%

Mercedes-Benz

EQE

14

 

127

1.6%

168

 

Citroen

EC4X

13

 

27

 

22

 

MG

MG5

12

 

49

 

196

 

BMW

iX

12

 

32

 

132

 

Mercedes-Benz

EQB

10

 

82

1.0%

119

 

Volvo

C40

10

 

58

 

141

 

Audi

E-Tron GT

10

 

20

 

102

 

Volkswagen

ID Buzz PC

9

 

34

     

GMW

Ora 03

8

 

26

 

32

 

Porsche

Taycan

7

 

44

 

191

 

BMW

I5

7

 

36

 

23

 

Opel

Mokka

7

 

26

 

212

 

Volkswagen

Up

5

 

89

1.1%

153

 

Peugeot

Rifter

5

 

7

 

16

 

Mercedes-Benz

EQA

4

 

45

 

91

 

Citroen

C4

4

 

36

 

62

 

BMW

7 Series

4

 

10

 

31

 

Peugeot

208

3

 

29

 

204

 

Citroen

Berlingo Pass

3

 

9

 

31

 

Peugeot

308

3

 

3

     

Fiat

500

2

 

16

 

130

 

Ford

Mach-E

2

 

14

 

83

 

Jaguar

I-Pace

2

 

13

 

64

 

Citroen

Space Tourer

2

 

10

 

24

 

Citroen

Dispatch Pass

2

 

2

     

Peugeot

2008

1

 

59

 

308

1.4%

Volkswagen

ID.7

1

 

48

     

Volkswagen

ID.5

1

 

44

 

317

1.4%

Opel

Astra

1

 

13

     

Mercedes-Benz

EQS SUV

1

 

13

 

28

 

Audi

E-Tron

1

 

10

 

33

 

Opel

Corsa

1

 

5

 

64

 

Mercedes-Benz

AMG

1

 

4

 

6

 

Jeep

Avenger

   

17

 

13

 

Mini

Mini Hatch

   

14

 

284

1.2%

Mercedes-Benz

EQS

   

8

 

55

 

Smart

Smart

   

6

     

Opel

Combo Pass

   

5

 

7

 

Honda

NY1

   

5

     

Subaru

Solterra

   

5

 

32

 

Mazda

MX

   

3

 

23

 

Fiat

Doblo

   

2

     

DS

DS3

   

2

 

10

 

BMW

4 Series

   

1

 

3

 

Mercedes-Benz

EQV

   

1

 

5

 

Honda

Honda E

   

1

 

17

 

Ssangyong

Korando

   

1

     

Audi

SQ8

   

1

     

Mercedes-Benz

EQC

       

15

 

Peugeot

Expert

       

5

 

Maxus

MIFA

       

8

 

Tesla

Model S

       

3

 

Tesla

Model X

       

5

 

Peugeot

Unknown

       

1

 

BMW

X1

       

1

 

Opel

Zafira

       

11

 

Renault

Zoe

       

179

 

Total

 

2,009

 

7,971

 

22,789

 

Source: SIMI Motorstats

*SIMI numbers reported may include a number of miscategorised registrations.