Irish Examiner view: Still some bumps in the road with electric vehicles

Government has set an ambitious, some might say unrealistic, target of 1m electric cars on the roads by 2030

Dozens of countries and companies, including Ireland, yesterday signed a declaration to end the production of fossil fuel-powered vehicles by 2040 at the latest, which is to be welcomed. 

However, the absence of heavy-hitters such as China, the US, and Germany from the agreement shows the road ahead is long.