In Ireland the sale of electric vehicles accounts for 15 per cent of new cars licensed in 2023. The number of new electric vehicles licensed has climbed 26 percent year on year.
On the same day as that news, BMW indicated that it is pushing ahead with development of hydrogen powered vehicles after a short-run production of a hydrogen version of its luxury X5 SUV late last year.
Meanwhile new car sales in Ireland were up 9.4 percent this year which bodes well as an economic indicator.
However it’s hard to know where the driving world will be by 2040, but as the cut-off for diesel and petrol engines approaches in 2030 one can be sure the motoring landscape is set to change dramatically.
