{"id":7886,"date":"2019-06-10T11:22:54","date_gmt":"2019-06-10T15:22:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=7886"},"modified":"2019-06-11T07:24:28","modified_gmt":"2019-06-11T11:24:28","slug":"over-1800-electric-cars-licensed-in-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=7886","title":{"rendered":"Over 1,800 Electric Cars Licensed in 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/electric_car.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7887\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/electric_car.jpg 600w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/electric_car-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>More than 1,800 new electric cars were licensed between January and May this year compared to 490 in 2018, according to the Central Statistics Office.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, there was a drop of 2.5% in the number of new private cars being licensed.<\/p>\n<p>The number of used and imported private cars licensed increased by 2.7% compared to the same period last year.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/VehicleslicensedforfirsttimeMay2019_large.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7888\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/VehicleslicensedforfirsttimeMay2019_large.jpg 600w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/VehicleslicensedforfirsttimeMay2019_large-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>So far this year, a total of 73,781 new private cars were licensed which a decrease of 7% compared to 2018, while the number of used cars licensed has increased by 3.5%.<\/p>\n<p>There were 35,032 new diesel cars licensed so far this year, compared to 43,987 this time last year.<\/p>\n<p>Volkswagen is the most popular car, followed by Toyota and Renault.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-7886\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=7886&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-7886\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=7886&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-7886\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=7886&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=7886\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 1,800 new electric cars were licensed between January and May this year compared to 490 in 2018, according to the Central Statistics Office. 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