10% drop in Irish electric car sales in Q1 2024 due to range anxiety from battery degradation and slow charging station rollout.

10% drop in electric car sales in Q1 of 2024, concerns over battery degradation and slow charging station rollout contribute to "range anxiety". Despite an increase in petrol hybrid cars, the number of new electric cars licensed in Ireland fell to 6,780 in Q1, compared to 7,513 in the same period last year. The Irish government aims to have 845,000 electric vehicles on the roads by 2030.