EV BUYERS CASH IN ON ENVIRONMENT CONCERNS

Volkswagen are crossing their Ts

FINANCIAL savings are almost on as par with environmental concerns when it comes to what drives EV buyers.

The surprising finding was uncoverd by by Energia and the Irish Electric Vehicle Owners Association which discovered that while 40 per centof EV purchasers are driven by environmental concerns, almost as many - 39 per cent - are enticed by the financial savings offered.

More than half of respondents are paying less than €5 to charge their car, a clear illustration of the cost benefits of EVs versus traditional petrol and diesel vehicles.

Furthermore, the number of people charging their EV daily has dropped by

THESE brave schoolkids are in a ■

class of their own for picking up piles of discarded rubbish.

And the unique school-based litterpicking programme — Picker Pals — will be brought to an additional 2,400 children in over 100 classrooms. seven per cent, with charging 1-3 times a week the most common response.

The survey also found that electric vehicle owners feel the Government is not doing enough to promote electric vehicles, with 87 per cent stating so. Almost a third (28 per cent) lack confidence that the government’s target of 1 million EVs by 2030 would be reached. However, respondents were positive about the available SEAI grant, with nearly a fifth stating that they wouldn’t have purchased a home charge point without it.

The survey found that 91% of respondents charge their electric vehicles at home.

The plan is to remove up to 12,000kgs of waste from communities.

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supporting the programme.

Picker Pals Founder Patrick Jackson said: “[It] gets children onto the first rung of the environmental ladder.”