Ireland’s grand electric vehicle dream is hitting the buffers hard in early 2026. SEAI figures show just 9.8% of new car registrations in 2025 were fully electric—down from 15% the previous year—despite €3,500 grants still on offer. Hybrids now outsell pure EVs by a widening margin as buyers balk at sky-high list prices, range anxiety, and the realisation that home charging isn’t feasible for millions in apartments or terraced houses.
Public charging remains a disaster: ESB eCars reports only 62% uptime across the network in late 2025, with rural drivers routinely finding broken or occupied points. Average wait times hit 45 minutes in Dublin during peak hours. Meanwhile, electricity bills jumped another 12% in Q4 2025, making “cheap” home charging a myth for most households.
The 2030 target of 936,000 EVs looks laughable—current stock sits at roughly 85,000. X is flooded with buyer regret stories: “Paid €55k for an EV, now can’t find a working charger and insurance is through the roof.”
This isn’t transition—it’s delusion. Scrap punitive fossil-fuel taxes, invest in realistic infrastructure before forcing more families into unaffordable toys for virtue-signalling elites. Or watch the green agenda crash and burn on Irish roads.
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