Written answers
Thursday, 18 April 2019
Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
Electric Vehicles
Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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254. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of electric vehicles purchased in 2018; and the number purchased to date in 2019. [18315/19]
Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent)
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The details requested by the Deputy are provided below in tabular format. It should be noted that the data provided in the tables is for vehicles that have been both registered and licensed (motor tax) in this State. Vehicles registered and not licensed are not included in the data. Registration of vehicles is the responsibility of the Revenue Commissioners and that data may be available from that Department. .
Table 1. Number of New Vehicles Licensed in 2018 by Taxation Class and Type of Fuel.
| TAXATION CLASS | PETROL | DIESEL | PETROL & ELECTRIC HYBRID | PETROL OR DIESEL PLUG-IN HYRBID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Private Cars | 46,776 | 65,814 | 6,629 | 715 |
| Goods Vehicles | 8 | 25,372 | 0 | 2 |
| Exempt Vehicles | 1,416 | 4,197 | 276 | 10 |
| Motor Cycles | 1,549 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tractors | 5 | 2,038 | 0 | 0 |
| Mobile Machines, Fork Lift Trucks | 0 | 471 | 0 | 0 |
| Small Public Service Vehicles | 20 | 364 | 14 | 0 |
| Large Public Service Vehicles | 0 | 558 | 0 | 0 |
| *Other Classes | 4 | 286 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 49,778 | 99,100 | 6,921 | 727 |
Table cntd.
| TAXATION CLASS | ELECTRIC | DIESEL & ELECTRIC HYBRID | OTHER | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Private Cars | 1,222 | 1 | 0 | 121,157 |
| Goods Vehicles | 67 | 0 | 10 | 25,459 |
| Exempt Vehicles | 11 | 0 | 0 | 5,910 |
| Motor Cycles | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1,556 |
| Tractors | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,043 |
| Mobile Machines, Fork Lift Trucks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 472 |
| Small Public Service Vehicles | 20 | 0 | 0 | 418 |
| Large Public Service Vehicles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 558 |
| *Other Classes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 292 |
| Total | 1,328 | 1 | 10 | 157,865 |
Table 2. Number of New Vehicles Licensed in 2019 ( January to March) by Taxation Class and Type of Fuel.
| Taxation Class | Petrol | Diesel | Petrol and electric hybrid | Electric |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Private Cars | 20,380 | 24,565 | 4,061 | 1,303 |
| Goods Vehicles | 4 | 7,914 | 0 | 7 |
| Exempt Vehicles | 556 | 1,443 | 165 | 3 |
| Tractors | 1 | 720 | 0 | 0 |
| Motor Cycles | 506 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Machines or Contrivances | 0 | 160 | 0 | 0 |
| Small Public Service Vehicles | 2 | 99 | 7 | 6 |
| Large Public Service Vehicles | 0 | 133 | 0 | 0 |
| *Other Classes | 0 | 76 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 21,449 | 35,110 | 4,236 | 1,326 |
Table cntd.
| Taxation Class | Petrol or Diesel plug-in hybrid electric | Other | Diesel and electric hybrid | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Private Cars | 552 | 0 | 0 | 50,861 |
| Goods Vehicles | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7,932 |
| Exempt Vehicles | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2,175 |
| Tractors | 0 | 0 | 0 | 721 |
| Motor Cycles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 513 |
| Machines or Contrivances | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160 |
| Small Public Service Vehicles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 114 |
| Large Public Service Vehicles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 133 |
| *Other Classes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 80 |
| Total | 561 | 7 | 0 | 62,689 |
*Includes School Buses, Hearses, Dumpers and Combine Harvesters.
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