Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle registrations in Ireland: Decline in Q2 of 2018

Electric vehicle registration greatly diminished by 51.2% compared with the previous quarter, revised statistics from European Automobile Manufacturers' Association illustrate. Electric vehicle registration went down sharply from 291 to 142, versus the prior quarter when it grew by 838.71 percent. The numbers attained 24 number in Q2 2017, which is a -82.48 percent shift in comparison with the previous three months of the same year. Between Q2 2017 and the same quarter in 2018, the variable illustrates a 491.67% fluctuation. The overall changes for the previous 3 years reached a rise of 283.78%. Besides, the electric vehicle registration is now greater than its average which equals 83.71 with a modest overall increase since the 2015. It hit its all-time high of 291 in 1Q 2018 and record low of 15 in Q4 of 2016.