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Cost savings drive move to electric vehicles
More than half of Irish adults intend to make the switch to electric vehicles, with cost savings being the main decision driver. According to nationwide research from Allianz*, 7% of Irish drivers claim to already drive an electric vehicle.  With the rise in cost of living and climate change actions, we are bound to see an increase of electric vehicles on our roads in the next few years – better…
Electric car charging
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Motor industry highlights challenge to install fast-charging points for EVs
The Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) has advised that Ireland needs to create 100,000 fast-charging points over the next eight years to keep a million electric vehicles on the road by 2030. The challenge being that we currently only have 1,900 public chargers located at 800 sites. The society’s report therefore highlights the ‘huge investment’ needed in the charging infrastructure. The one-million EV target is a key environmental government…