Ireland reached in September its target of having 195,000 electric vehicles on the road by the end of 2025. Over the first nine months of 2025, 22,382 new electric vehicles were registered in Ireland, in a total of 121,692 cars. Between January and September, 18.4% of new car registrations were fully electric, representing nearly one in every five units. Legacy automaker Volkswagen is the best-selling brand in the country when it comes to electric vehicles since the beginning of 2025. The top 5 is completed with the Kia EV3 and EV6, and the Tesla Model Y.