Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 13 July 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Strategy: Discussion

Mr. Declan Meally:

There is a car comparator on our website. On average, we say there is a 70% cost saving from running an EV versus a petrol or diesel vehicle. When you start looking at buying the car and add in the running costs as well as the ownership costs, the total cost of owning and running an electric car, including the price, is much less. Many of the dealers are able to use this comparator in order to say actually, when you buy a car, your cost repayments are much less than your payments for petrol and diesel and your fuel costs. There is no servicing cost or anything like that.

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