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Irish EV Sports Car To Be Released in 2021
New concept electric sports car is set for release A new concept electric sports car is set for release in 2021. The hand-built Irish EV, the Spika (formerly, the Alex eRoadster) was unveiled at the Energy Show in the RDS (Royal Dublin Society) at the weekend (March 27-28, 2019) The ultra-lightweight, two-seat, high-performance prototype EV attracted huge public and media...
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Zero Percent Electric Vehicle BIK To Be Extended For A Further Three Years
Which Electric Cars Fall Under the BIK Cap? Minister for Finance, Paschal Donohoe has announced as part of his 2019 budget plans, that BIK (Benefit-In-Kind) for electric vehicles will be extended for another three years. If you were thinking though, of getting a new Tesla Model X, to take advantage of this tax regime, think again. There is a €50,000...
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Irelands Electric Vehicle Sales Soar
EV Sales Increase More electric cars have been registered in Ireland in the first three months of the year than in the entirety of 2018. A total of 1,437 electric cars were registered so far this year but just 1,233 electric vehicles were registered in the whole of 2018. Statistics released by motor industry sources show that a...
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Irish Electric Car Sales On The Increase
EV Sales So far this year, in the first quarter, there has been as many electric cars sold than in the whole of 2018. Industry figures have revealed that 330 new electric car were registered in Ireland during the month of February, compared to just 72 in the same month last year. So far this year, 1,129 electric cars have...
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BMW Transitioning to Electric Cars
BMW has sold more than 250,000 electric cars in the last two years. In 2017, the sold 100,000 EV’s and approximately 150,000 in 2018 and by 20125 they hope to have about 25 Electrified Vehicles in their range. BMW has rolled out vehicles like the i3 and i8 in the last few years and who would not want a BMW...
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New Ford Mondeo Hybrid Estate to Hit Irish Roads
A new addition has been made to the Ford range in Ireland. Very soon we will see the new Ford Mondeo hybrid estate on Irish roads. The new addition should be here in spring 2019. Ford is aiming to expand its Hybrid range next year with the addition of this estate model. At present, the Mondeo Hybrid is only available...
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The City of Gothenburg wants to embrace autonomous cars
The way we move around our cities and towns is changing rapidly and now we are seeing a wave of new technological developments that will lead to the mass adoption of autonomous vehicles on the road. The potential mass adoption of autonomous cars is no longer the stuff of science fiction but in the very near future the way we...
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Volkswagen to build 10 million e-cars in first wave
The Volkswagen group is planning to build 10 million electric cars in its first wave of production. The company will invest $6 billion euros in EV production, with a total of which 1.3 billion euro invested in its German plants, Braunschweig, Salzgitter and Kassel. The electricc vehicles will be based on their new modular MEB platform, the German car...
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New Electric Mercedes-Benz EQ C SUV for Launch
Spelling big trouble for Elon Musk and Tesla Motors, the world-famous German luxury car manufacturer, Mercedes-Benz has just unveiled its very first production electric vehicle. This is indeed an all-out industry assault on Tesla Motors as Mercedes-Benz is not alone in seeing the electric future approaching rapidly. Mercedes believe that they will swamp the market with their electric...
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Benefits of Electric Cars
What is an Electric Vehicle? A pure electric vehicle (EV) is powered only by a battery. The battery, in turn, drives an electric motor which turns the wheels. A plug-in hybrid uses an electric motor that works in tandem with a conventional internal combustion engine (ICE). Electric vehicles have a regenerative braking system. They are equipped with an energy...