Soaring SUV sales in Ireland prompt calls from Green party for action
by Lisa O'Carroll in Brussels from Environment | The Guardian on (#6FQQF)
Data shows proportion of new cars sold in Ireland that are sport utility vehicles is higher than EU average
Ireland's Green party has called for measures to reduce the sale of sport utility vehicles after figures showed that two out of three cars sold in the country in 2022 were SUVs, 13 percentage points higher than the EU average.
Data provided to the Financial Times by the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association showed that SUV sales as a percentage of all new cars sold were much higher in Ireland than in Spain, France, Italy and Germany.
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