Image: Alamy Stock Photo Image: Alamy Stock Photo A NEW GRANT is to support people without driveways to access a charging point for electric vehicles.
Meanwhile, the existing EV Home Charger Grant is expanding from today to enable tenants and homeowners to apply for a grant whether or not they own an electric vehicle. “This can also be used for visitor use or at rented accommodation,” the Department of Transport said.From September, the Home Charger Grant will only provide funding for smart chargers to “improve safety, prevent excessive electrical demand and facilitate better integration with renewable energy sources”.
In a statement, the minister said that “one of the ways we can help decarbonise our transport sector is by accelerating the uptake of electric vehicles, both passenger cars and the commercial fleet”. “This new Office will be at the heart of this transformation, charged with supporting consumers, the public sector and businesses to continue to make the switch to electric vehicles and to lead on the delivery of our ambitious target under the Climate Action Plan 2021 to have 945,000 electric vehicles in the Irish fleet by 2030,” he said.
Home charger is well and good but it's trying to put a €50K/60k EV on your driveway is the real issue. Prices are completely overinflated.
Then someone trips over the cable & sues you.