Mr. Paddy Carroll:

It is also the case that when one buys an electric car, one's style of driving changes. If I am going from A to B, I have to plan my journey according to where all the chargers are. I have to give myself extra time to stop and charge. The style of driving people are used to with petrol, where they just get in the car and go, changes. That is the decision people make when they buy the cars. They know that is down the road for them.

I have driven a Nissan Leaf in 2015 and 2014 in all 32 counties in Ireland. I have done that using only the fast chargers. I was using it as a kind of holiday and doing a photographic competition as part of a rally we have for electric cars, to get our owners out and about looking at the countryside using their cars. I got around with no trouble at all. It was a perfect car to drive. Of course, I am retired and have time.