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Recent figures illustrate there was a spike of more than 400% in the number of people buying electric cars in Ireland. That might sound like a lot, but it is not.

The 12 months between January and December 2014 saw 222 electric vehicles sold here - a substantial jump on the 51 sold in 2013, but still well below the 13,929 petrol cars and the 47,559 diesel cars sold in the same period.

The electric revolution, it would appear, is still in its infancy, despite considerable exchequer incentives aimed at boosting sales and a growing number of programmes - particularly in Cork where the Drive4Zero initiative is aimed at making the city Europe’s ‘Green Capital’.