Government takes slow lane to our EV future

With electric vehicles on the agenda, the measures unveiled in the budget are a good start

At the start of this month at the Electric Vehicle Summit, academics and industry experts alike presented the case for a motoring future and how we might get there. The message was clear: state-led incentives will be necessary to help the public transition from internal combustion to electric power.

Less than a week later, Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe presented Budget 2018 and I’m sure many of those involved in the EV summit ...