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VRT on bio-fuel and electric cars?

  • 18-01-2006 4:24pm
    #1
    MorningStar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,031 ✭✭✭


    Hi,

    I was wondering is there VRT on these types of cars?

    Are there any tax incentives or lack of tax on such cars


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  • #2
    WILKEL
    Closed Accounts Posts: 77 ✭✭WILKEL


    Discussed here already :
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054866489

    Dont know anything about the status of electric cars.
    What do you define as an electric car ?


  • #3
    MorningStar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,031 ✭✭✭MorningStar


    It is not quite the same. THat was specific to a model that can also use petrol do it is dual fuel not electric of a pure bio-fuel car.

    When I said electric I meant electric motor a bit like an old milk float.

    Rather than upgrade my car I would gladlly buy cheap enviromental car for most of my driving and a keep the old car for the bigger journeys.

    This was what I was thinking about it comes with an electric motor or diseal.

    http://www.townlife.it/eng/english.htm

    Is motor tax all motors or only petrol and diseal?


  • #4
    WILKEL
    Closed Accounts Posts: 77 ✭✭WILKEL


    As far as I know the irish car tax system is only based on Cubic capicity on Diesel and petrol motors. I have not heard of anyone running a electric car here - but there are a few electric bike about which are exempt from tax and insurance as long as they are under a certain power output.
    that website you posted is not very clear - are these cars being used on outer European countries at the moment ? and it would be interesting to see the running cost on charging them up.
    Also from a green perspective remember where the electricity that you charge up you car comes from - burning fossile fuels.
    I think the ethanol way could be very interesting in this regard - while admitting that I dont know a whole lot about whats involved in mass production of ethanol


  • #5
    MorningStar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,031 ✭✭✭MorningStar


    They are all over Rome a bit like the Smart car. I thought they looked nice and I wanted to see what it would be like to import one. Even with a diesel engine they could prove viable as a primary car for most of my travelling. Some of them were electric and some diesel.
    I would look into more detail on the power usage if I was sure but if there is vrt and motor tax on top I know it would not be worth it. It would be interesting to know what are the rules about parking such a vehical too. You might be able to park it on the path. But look at this way a car with no tax from another EU country might certainly be worth it.


  • #6
    cianof
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 158 ✭✭cianof


    With effect from 1 January 2008 to 31 December 2010, series production electric vehicles and electric motor-cycles are exempt from VRT.

    Source:
    http://www.revenue.ie/en/tax/vrt/leaflets/change-tax-base.html


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  • #7
    djpbarry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,104 ✭✭✭✭djpbarry


    I'm not sure it was worth digging up a 3.5-year-old thread just for that.


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