Electric vehicles will ‘dominate’ despite low take-up

Technology advances will lead to electric and hybrid vehicles “dominating” Irish roads in the future, an engineering expert has said — despite a survey showing uptake among drivers still remains low. writes Pádraig Hoare.

A Liberty Insurance survey found just one in 10 Irish motorists had driven a plug-in hybrid vehicle, and just 8% would consider buying one in the next year.