The Department of Transport and the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) have announced the launch of a Commercial Fleet Trial. Businesses will be trialling a fully electric vehicle to see how they can work for their business to save money and emissions. Minister for Transport, Eamon Ryan, said, “two hundred businesses nationwide will have […]
The Minister for Transport, Eamon Ryan TD, announced a suite of grants and initiatives which will make it easier for people and businesses to make the switch to electric vehicles (EVs) during the launch of Zero Emission Vehicles Ireland. The new dedicated Office will oversee Ireland’s transition to zero emission vehicles. In total, Minister Ryan […]
Galway will be the first city to have a completely hybrid Bus Éireann fleet by 2022 Bus related greenhouse gas emissions will reduce by at least 30% Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Hildegarde Naughton TD, yesterday marked the entry into service of the first of Bus Éireann’s electric hybrid vehicles to its […]
Adoption of electric vehicles in Ireland is accelerating. EV Sales increased by 11% at the start of 2020 and the Government is aiming to have all new vehicles sold in Ireland to be zero emission by 2030. This means that your employees are either currently searching for EV charging solutions or will be in the […]
DC rapid charging units for EVs will be installed at 180 Eir phone boxes across the country to help drivers overcome so-called ‘range anxiety’. With hundreds of phone boxes lying largely idle across Ireland in 2020, electric vehicle (EV) charging network provider EasyGo has announced plans to convert many of them into new charging points. […]
A new tolling incentive scheme could save electric vehicle owners up to €500 in toll savings per year, and up to €1,000 in savings for goods vehicles, Transport Minister Shane Ross has confirmed. The scheme, due to take effect from July 1st, includes a 50% toll discount for battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and a 25% toll discount […]