{"id":278963,"date":"2026-02-03T18:55:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T18:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/278963\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T18:55:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T18:55:08","slug":"petrol-has-slipped-to-third-place-in-new-car-sales-heres-what-people-are-buying-instead-the-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/278963\/","title":{"rendered":"Petrol has slipped to third place in new car sales &#8211; here\u2019s what people are buying instead &#8211; The Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMif0FVX3lxTE5USGJlRHVZdXR1NkNyLTh6ZnlZQnNBNWR1VWlEc0hxUHFLa2dNTGNSaVBxRmlvRHF1am9PcTFscnduZlpIUU81eVN1OXVaZU9lQlJseDVSanIwWFhzRDRXZ1BzRm1jYzBQVDh3VkYxN2pTVXJ5NkhxS3hZZFNwRTA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Petrol has slipped to third place in new car sales &#8211; here\u2019s what people are buying instead<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Journal<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihAFBVV95cUxQQmdhdlB4X29HS0N6REpVZzQ2WGVDQTZKeXo5aVBvY1RFUUxoYWZKVG54QTdHT2N2RWpma0E3UTBoOFlMNThIVHhGeWg5b3l6aWcxOTktQWhXVTd6RXhIVExLbVVWaUp5SlRoOWp4bHdyMkxET1dlUmx5OHBQTUVNUWJWbVg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New electric vehicle sales surge 48.7% higher in January<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RTE.ie<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMidkFVX3lxTE1XMk1KVkdJUDdpaTRmXzJFTmZxeDhsQTYyRkZta05ScnhiM0I3OWh1NjdLQ3V3aXJ6cjlYZlU0YVc3aXdxZ0REeGp5ME5XV1F6SUxKOUxINW95ZUZ6S3UyZ01Fa25QZHdFNWtlVkszd3A2dEQ0WlE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Electric car sales in Ireland overtake petrol and diesel<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Irish Examiner<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikgFBVV95cUxPNzZwWmZ3cjZMV2EycDNmRWJUbWF2ZlljU21mUlpNRnZtYzNFMHZWRXEtV1RfbERLYkp2dGppYWVOMUIwa21Rbnh6NzZEbllvdzZmd2s1dXZ3cDFmRVJoWU0zbTAwNlRzcmUyQ1FNWE9HR3lqV1FOb1haQjZjNVpLVkctLTZzUFR3VS1CalpCUEJ5UQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Electric cars overtake petrol in Ireland for the first time<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Think Business<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwAFBVV95cUxOZTVFSFBqdjkxR01yOXJJbHpQSWNpMXVIdVlkSDZsamFOaFNVUHBhQmx5MXltN2NYR05yUExfZjhIdFNQOThxV0E3MnpuU1BxczNTTUdXdWFvelQzMVNFUFhzZmdDcWxQd2l3WGhtR1NoZVdld0VlLWk3Z2JWZnoyN2hOUVhPR0ZmT05pcmx1MnJRX1cyNjJqWTNwWi16cUhBWEp2N1I1NGxNTmJxMEx4blJaUlEwOUtrR2hPcVZhYTQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Motorists now spend \u20ac224 on monthly car running costs, report finds<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Times<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Petrol has slipped to third place in new car sales &#8211; here\u2019s what people are buying instead&nbsp;&nbsp;The JournalNew&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":278964,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[72,15465,3013,63461,122743,6009,61,60,89654,63462,9771],"class_list":{"0":"post-278963","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-car-sales","10":"tag-cars","11":"tag-diesel","12":"tag-electric-surge","13":"tag-hybrid","14":"tag-ie","15":"tag-ireland","16":"tag-january","17":"tag-petrol","18":"tag-vehicles"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278963\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}