The data, analysed by Cornwall Insight and the law firm Shoosmiths for their Electric Vehicle Country Attractiveness (EVCA) Index, shows that Ireland has grown its BEV sales by 66 per cent over the last four quarters (Q3 2022 to Q2 2023), topping the impressive 60.6 per cent average growth seen across the 27 EU member states.
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Ireland continues to demonstrate its commitment to furthering the Electric Vehicle (EV) transition, which includes the introduction of the National EV Charging Infrastructure Strategy in early 2023. This has seen Ireland grow the number of publicly accessible charge-point by 129 per cent in the past four quarters, the highest of any major European country.
Ireland has catching up to do in EV adoption
Despite the progress, Ireland is a number of years behind many other European countries. With only one accessible charge point for every 19.7 BEVs on the road, it is struggling to match up to other European countries in overall attractiveness for investment.
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The lack of charging infrastructure and the addition of Sweden have seen Ireland drop from ninth to eleventh place on the EVCA Index, as Norway retains the top spot. However, the impressive growth of Ireland’s BEV fleet and its public charging network over the past four quarters shows promise for the future, and could therefore see its EVCA index ranking improve. (mfo)
