Brian Leddin (Limerick City, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

What we are seeing that the moment is the transition of our vehicle fleet from a smaller mid-size vehicle fleet to one comprising large vehicles particularly. SUVs are being sold at an alarming rate. Many of those are electric vehicles. The policy needs to evolve such that we are heavily supporting the smaller and lighter vehicles over the heavier SUV-type vehicles. The reason to do this is not only do those smaller and lighter vehicles make more sense in our urban areas where there is limited space and they are safer for pedestrians and cyclists but there is a significant climate benefit as well. A heavier EV still uses a lot of fossil fuels. At the moment, we are at 60% fossil fuels; even in 2030, we will still be at 20%. There is, therefore, a climate reason to do this.

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