Zero Vehicles Emissions Ireland (ZEVI), an office within the Department of Transport, and the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) announced the regional winners of the 2023 ZEVI Electric Vehicle Dealership of the Year Awards. The awards recognise and reward outstanding efforts in promoting and encouraging electric vehicle (EV) uptake in Ireland. This year, ZEVI
Battery-electric vehicles made up more than 14% of total new car sales in Ireland in 2022, a figure that’s only set to grow further. These numbers are strongly indicative of the fact that running an electric car is becoming more viable by the week with an expanding line-up of models available and infrastructure that is […]
Minister for Transport, Eamon Ryan, launched the new Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Strategy 2022 – 2025, which will see €100 million spent on public charging infrastructure over the next three years. The strategy presents an ambitious pathway and practical steps for delivery of a national EV charging network which will see a pool of high-powered […]
Fuuse has begun supplying its EV charge point management platform to customers in Ireland, appointing a representative to oversee expansion in the country. The Fuuse platform provides a range of controls for customers which offer EV charging, including defining operating times, limiting use to authorised drivers and generating revenue including setting
European Transport Ministers agreed on a range of legally binding measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the transport sector in the coming decade. The new measures, which are to apply to all Member States, have been negotiated over the last 12 months. With this agreement, the stage is set for negotiations with the European […]
The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) have announced the winners of its inaugural electric vehicle Dealership Awards. These awards recognise and reward excellence in the promotion and sales of electric vehicles (EV) in Ireland. Declan Meally, Director of the SEAI, said about the electric vehicle dealership awards, “car dealerships are a vital part of
SEAI is calling on motorists in the market for a new, or used, car to seriously consider ‘going electric’ and making the change to an electric vehicle (EV). Private cars, running on petrol and diesel, account for around a fifth of Ireland’s total energy use and the related carbon dioxide emissions, one of the major […]
The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien TD, has approved the publication of EU (Energy Performance of Buildings) Regulations 2021 for Electric Vehicle recharging infrastructure. These regulations transpose requirements under the EU Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD). The Directive aims to support the European Union’s