Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 13 July 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Strategy: Discussion
Dr. Aoife O'Grady:
Yes. The private sector needs to be able to make a profit. It must be able to recoup the cost of its initial investment, which we heard earlier is very significant for some forecourt operators. We need to allow some charging but the provision of home charging, which is obviously the cheapest rate, and the slow standard overnight charging which we are looking to develop with local authorities for people who do not have access to a home-charging option, will mean that one can still charge an EV at a very low cost rate in comparison to an ICE. Then one can use high-powered charging, which is where there is commercial interest, for a top-up as opposed to a constant need or main use.
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