2025 Irish EV Sales

Yes I agree that in 50 years time EV's would be a much better proposition. But right now I do think the increase in sales is mainly due to local grants & incentives, as well as EU regulations limiting the amount of ICE vehicles manufacturers can sell.

And this is coming from someone who drives an EV

maybe you’re not aware but the EU has moved the goalposts several times and it’s still up in the air. Boris Johnson has nothing to do with EU regs either.

Personally I was fed up with dpf, egr, HT lead problems. Theres a litany of maintenance headaches with modern ICE all expensive. Oil changes, belts,wet belts the list is endless.

Do what they do now. Stick to ICE or Hybrid.

apartments make up 10-15% of housing stock, but obviously are fully concentrated in cities, esp Dublin.

It makes less sense for apartment dwellers to buy EVs unless there’s cheap overnight electricity. Yes there’s lots of corner cases of people plugging cars in at workplaces, but that’s not a solution.

That said, maybe if the environment was the priority, then people paying ICE prices for public charging EVs just means they’re spending the same per km as their ICE car cost them, and that’s just how the future looks.

A home charger is just such a massive advantage for EV ownership

Combination of the market and car owners will sort out this apartment charging.

For market I see that for example in Dunshauglin Aldi have installed a bank of AC that I assume cater for local dwellers as I can't see any other use for AC charging at a supermarket. Various businesses and networks will install these once it becomes clear that money can be made, and perhaps new customers be attracted to their side business like in case of Aldi where people might get in the habit of shopping at Aldi instead of Lidl or Supervalu if they don't have the facilities.

The owners of apartments/townhouses/cars will need to liaise with the estate management to come up with the solutions.

even at 30c/kWh EV apartment dwellers would make significant savings versus ICE apartment dwellers.

take two comparable EV and ICE models. copilot evidences a significant saving over 400km…

even if you had to charge at Lidl at 50c/kWh, their current rate, you are still making a significant saving.

the evolution of local authority car parks into large slow charging (up to 22kW) EV hubs is where I see widespread expansion of EV charging. I was going through a nearby town in rural Ireland recently. The main street has your typical row of terraced houses along the length of it. These people would in the future be catered for by the local council car park hub instead of the local filling station as they are today. Councils are already doing it with one or two fast chargers in these car parks, the next step (which is underway) is the rollout of 7-22kW hubs.

That's very interesting. They are classed as a commercial so don't get counted towards the passanger vehicle numbers. But they are very much a car..

people buy the vehicle that suits their requirements. Obviously it’s apples and oranges in terms of the requirements and vehicle types. How long do you think it will take for people who require a Land Cruiser to have an EV alternative? it’s realistically a decade+ away

It's a fair point and there definitely needs to be a solution for the 10-15% of homes that are apartments. I'd say even fewer as many of these apartments are located in city centres and there's a growing ideology suggesting they shouldn't need cars at all if active travel and public transport are effective in their areas

But I do agree that the full cost benefit isn't going to be realised by apartment dwellers in the current situation and changes to the public charging infrastructure are needed

”Toyota’s engineers have deliberately avoided chasing maximum range or payload with the new Hilux BEV, its first all-electric pickup. Instead, the Hilux BEV has been developed to meet the needs of customers who require genuine off-road ability in a zero-emission package. Forestry, utilities, construction support and airport ground operations are among the target sectors – environments where the truck’s shorter range is less of a limitation.”

It will replace a few of the hilux sales probably, but only a few. Reduced payload and range is exactly the opposite of why people opt for a hilux. It’s like the Ford f150 lightning - in reality it’s a different vehicle completely to its sister ICE car.

If you don't have a parking space you shouldn't have a car. You wouldn't buy a shed if you didn't have somewhere to put it.