Charges for electric car owners

Electric car owners are facing a €16.99 per month bill to give them access to the network of standard chargers across the country — and if they want to use the fast chargers they will have to pay approximately €7.50 per charge.

Access to the network of standard and fast charge points is currently free for existing owners of electric vehicles (EVs). However, from January 2016, new customers are facing a monthly bill of €16.99 to give them unlimited access to the standard chargers dotted around the country.

Everyone, existing and new customers, will have to pay from April and an extra 30c per minute charge will be introduced on the fast chargers.