Ireland to fall short on electric car targets

Ireland is set to fall well short of its target of having 50,000 electric vehicles on the roads by 2020, given the exceptionally low take-up so far.

Despite state supports to the value of €10,000 for each electric vehicle, just 572 grants under the electric vehicle grant scheme have been issued so far this year.

Last year, there were 555 grants and, according to Environment and Climate Change Minister Denis Naughten, that total was more than in the previous four years of the scheme combined.