'The maths doesn't stack up': EV owner says budget offers no incentive to switch

'The maths doesn't stack up': EV owner says budget offers no incentive to switch

IrishEVs.com editor Tom Spencer: 'While Budget 2024 offers some small reliefs ... the reality is that this funding cycle will also perpetuate the energy poverty cycle.' Picture: Brian Arthur

For long-time electric vehicle (EV) supporter and climate activist Tom Spencer, the politicians making the decisions around the budget still don't get the scale of the challenge.

The editor of IrishEVs.com said the vast majority of people are still trapped by the dependence on fossil fuel, with a serious lack of incentives and plenty of missed opportunities in the budget for people to make the switch to far cleaner cars.

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