How long until we see €2 a litre and will it push more to EV's faster?

Not planning to change in the next couple years, but thinking about the future

"Today's CSO figures show that a total of 15,814 new private cars were licensed in January, a reduction of 6.7% on the same month last year."

BEVs comprised 11.46% of car sales, but overall sales were down. Energy costs and Government 'Green' driven initiatives to bankrupt people appear to be working. Rich people can afford new EV's while many can't.

As someone who loves his "sh1tbox" electric car, loves even more spending < €3 to drive it 200km+ , and relies on change-fearing folk to take the hit and keep the party going , I thank you 😀

I'd say a big percentage of that is down to diesel not being available isn't it? There's still plenty of people that would buy a new diesel if you could get them. The dealer where I worked new car sales were 90% diesel and the rest petrol and evs until 2021 when they phased out diesel

As mentioned at the top of the thread, petrol here in the Netherlands has already reached €2/L here. Diesel getting close to €1.70 I saw €2.239 at the weekend even. Currently motor tax is free for EV's but that will end in 2025. From what I understand they're still looking at how to structure it then. Tax is currently based on fuel type and car weight. Government have been considering tax per KM's driven for a long time, implementing it is another story.

Manufacturers I should have said but most manufacturers will have ice phased out by next year

So will the downtrodden motorists get any joy tomorrow regards fuel duty?

Is anyone actually surprised? The motorist is the cash-cow that helps fund these type of schemes rather than benefit from them.

Exactly. Nothing for folks who have no choice but to use a car for work and just life in general. People who live in cities and can use public transport have not had to deal with the cost of living crisis the way those who do big mileage or those living in rural Ireland have had to, so the solution the 'geniuses' in power have is to make it cheaper for those who weren't really feeling the squeeze anyway. And then they wonder why there is such ingratitude from the electorate.

Of course the electricity credit and the other cost of living supports are welcome news but the price of petrol and diesel is clearly a big issue for people who have no choice to drive, and not one red cent of help there.

Motorists have never gotten any joy from an irish government - they are a cash cow to be flogged regularly, with n expectation theu show gratitude for it.

Lets not forget heating also, the bleeps could lower the excise on heating oil too insted of trousering the massive windfall with big smiles. The politicians are loving this for the revenue windfall and are annoyed that they have to pretend to care and inconvenience themselves with making it look otherwise and coming up with some token gestures to placate the populace.

and if the Ruskies go gaga in Ukraine the prices will go through the stratosphere 😕