Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 14 November 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed)

1:59 pm

Mr. Robert Watt:

I do not think there is an answer to that question. The issue of electric cars and the range anxiety - which is about a distance of 320 km without being recharged depending on the latest Tesla which go far - is that they are expensive. The issue is about the price of batteries which is coming down even in the absence of the subsidy the Department of Finance provides. There are very significant falls in the cost of batteries and significant improvements in their power. That is the big issue that drives the change. It only works if the electricity system is fundamentally different and is more decarbonised. That is another challenge which the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment can talk to the committee about.

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