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Car market — January 2026

In brief

In January 2026, 34,542 new passenger cars were registered in Ireland, according to ACEA. Battery-electric and plug-in hybrid cars account for 36.2 % of registrations.

Registrations of the month · January 2026

Passenger cars

34,542

— year on year

Electric + plug-in hybrid (month)

36.2 %

share of new passenger cars

Power sources · January 2026

Power sourceUnitsShareYear on year
Petrol7,23620.9 %—
Diesel4,30412.5 %—
Hybrid (non plug-in)10,51430.4 %—
Plug-in hybrid5,18315.0 %—
Battery electric7,30521.1 %—
Other fuels00.0 %—

Total : 34,542

Source : ACEA

Sources and original documents

Figures copied from the official publications or computed from them (shares, changes, sums), never estimated or written by AI. A table that fails the consistency checks is dropped.

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