Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 26 September 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Impact on Carbon Budgets of Trend Towards Heavier and Larger Vehicles: Discussion

Photo of Brian LeddinBrian Leddin (Limerick City, Green Party)
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Do our other guests wish to come in on that? Mr. Nix referred earlier to a strategic decision in the early 2010s to promote the bigger car market but this narrative of range anxiety is really pervasive. To what extent has that been driven by manufacturers as a marketing tool?