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EVs, charging networks, and sustainable motoring in Ireland.
You pull in off the M8 somewhere south of Cashel, battery at 14%, and you find one charger. It's occupied. The other one has an out-of-order sticker that looks like it's been there since 2021. Welcome to Irish motorway...
The brochure says 657km. The rain says otherwise. That figure, the official WLTP range on the latest Mercedes GLA 350e and its high-range EV rivals, looks brilliant on paper. It looks less brilliant when you're doing...
Your ESB charger used to feel like a cheeky win over the petrol pumps. These days, it's starting to feel a lot less smug. Irish EV drivers who made the switch partly on the promise of cheaper running costs are waking up...
Your neighbour with the detached house in Clontarf plugs in every night at 9pm, pays around 14 cent per kWh on a night rate, and wakes up to a full battery. You, three streets away in a red-brick terrace with no...
You pull into Dublin Airport's short-stay car park, plug nothing in, and your car charges itself. That's not a concept video. That's where Irish transport infrastructure is actually heading. Pantograph charging is the...
You pull up to a rapid charger, plug in, and drive away when you're done. No app. No card. No standing in the rain jabbing at a touchscreen that's decided today is the day it won't recognise your account. That's Plug...
You're standing at a shiny new 150kW charger on the M8, watching it negotiate down to 50kW with your car like two fellas arguing over the last sausage roll. The charger could go faster. Your car cannot. Welcome to...
Your 2012 diesel is sitting in the driveway leaking optimism and failing emissions checks. The government says there's €10,000 waiting for you to go electric. Simple, right? Not quite. Ireland's EV scrappage scheme is...
Every morning, before most of us have found our keys, An Post's electric vans are already out the door. Quietly. Cheaply. And increasingly, cleanly. The numbers are hard to argue with. An Post has cut its fleet...
Your postman is running on electrons. You probably hadn't noticed. An Post has converted over 50% of its delivery fleet to electric vehicles, and in doing so cut its fleet emissions dramatically. No fanfare. No...
Your neighbour just filled a 2019 Volkswagen Passat for €95. You charged your EV overnight for about €4. That gap is not getting smaller. Ireland's EV incentive package has been quietly one of the most generous in...
Three kids, a boot full of GAA gear, and 40km of rural roads between you and a fast charger. That's the actual test an EV needs to pass in Ireland, not a motorway cruise in perfect weather. The good news is the 2026...
Your parcel is sitting in a diesel-belching 40-tonne HGV somewhere outside Portlaoise right now. It doesn't have to be. Across Europe, the logistics industry is quietly going through one of its biggest shifts in a...
The Dutch national police force runs electric vans. DPD Germany has thousands of them. Ikea's last-mile delivery fleet across several European cities is already fossil-fuel free. While Irish tradespeople are still...
You switched to electric to save money. Noble. Then the insurance renewal landed in your inbox and you had to sit down. It's the dirty secret of EV ownership in Ireland. The grants are generous, the fuel savings are...
Why Irish EV Owners Are Switching to Ionity Chargers (And What You Need to Know) You pull in off the M8, battery at 18%, and there it is. A sleek white charging station with an Ionity logo. You plug in, tap your card,...