Results 6,921-6,940 of 7,789 for speaker:Michael Fitzmaurice
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electric Vehicles: Discussion with Irish EV Owners Association (18 Nov 2015)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the delegates for the presentation. Like the previous speaker, I agree that there is a need for charging points in all places. Mr. Carroll referred to Cork. Did the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine not have points made available in all parts of Cork and not get the toll operators to agree not to charge tolls to EV car users? Will Mr. Carroll elaborate on that point? ...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electric Vehicles: Discussion with Irish EV Owners Association (18 Nov 2015)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Therefore, the cost is pretty competitive when everything is drawn back? When a person charges such a car, how far will it bring him or her?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electric Vehicles: Discussion with Irish EV Owners Association (18 Nov 2015)
Michael Fitzmaurice: It is like winter here all year round.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electric Vehicles: Discussion with Irish EV Owners Association (18 Nov 2015)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Should there be an emphasis on people driving in cities? It is 190 km or 200 km for me to travel from A to B.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electric Vehicles: Discussion with Irish EV Owners Association (18 Nov 2015)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Would the car not have to be charged half-way through?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electric Vehicles: Discussion with Irish EV Owners Association (18 Nov 2015)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I am talking about people travelling 180 km, 190 km or 200 km. There are Deputies who travel 280 km, so they would be standing and waiting while charging halfway through.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electric Vehicles: Discussion with Irish EV Owners Association (18 Nov 2015)
Michael Fitzmaurice: They are not really suitable for that type of driving. They are more suitable for people doing 50 km, 60 km, 80 km or 100 km.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electric Vehicles: Discussion with Irish EV Owners Association (18 Nov 2015)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I understand that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electric Vehicles: Discussion with Irish EV Owners Association (18 Nov 2015)
Michael Fitzmaurice: We are where we are now. Does the witness agree?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electric Vehicles: Discussion with Irish EV Owners Association (18 Nov 2015)
Michael Fitzmaurice: For €9, one can get 170 km.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electric Vehicles: Discussion with Irish EV Owners Association (18 Nov 2015)
Michael Fitzmaurice: It would be very much in line with the price of diesel. Is that fair enough?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electric Vehicles: Discussion with Irish EV Owners Association (18 Nov 2015)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I do not know if the witnesses have businesses. In fairness to the ESB, I do not know if the Government subsidises this process but the company cannot just give electricity to everyone willy-nilly. The company needs to get reimbursement from somewhere, whether that is an EU fund or one from the Government. I understand that the witnesses are trying to get more people to use these vehicles....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electric Vehicles: Discussion with Irish EV Owners Association (18 Nov 2015)
Michael Fitzmaurice: It would be to a Minister.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electric Vehicles: Discussion with Irish EV Owners Association (18 Nov 2015)
Michael Fitzmaurice: The authorities in Dublin city are not being that helpful.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electric Vehicles: Discussion with Irish EV Owners Association (18 Nov 2015)
Michael Fitzmaurice: What speeds are they capable of doing?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electric Vehicles: Discussion with Irish EV Owners Association (18 Nov 2015)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Okay.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electric Vehicles: Discussion with Irish EV Owners Association (18 Nov 2015)
Michael Fitzmaurice: That is good.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electric Vehicles: Discussion with Irish EV Owners Association (18 Nov 2015)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Does Mr. Séguin have to charge the car a few times on the way to Cork?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electric Vehicles: Discussion with Irish EV Owners Association (18 Nov 2015)
Michael Fitzmaurice: How long does that take?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electric Vehicles: Discussion with Irish EV Owners Association (18 Nov 2015)
Michael Fitzmaurice: One would need to lay out the journey well in advance.