Electric vehicles

The Mission Efficiency concept points to how future electric cars could travel further on smaller batteries

Advice, support and practical solutions from Electric Ireland are guiding customers towards a more sustainable and cost-efficient life

Our system is both overcomplicated and lax

The standard yellow paint won’t be to all tastes, but this is a solid electric family car

Project developer intends to include ‘information sign’ to serve as memorial to site’s historic use

Tendency to underestimate annual costs widespread across age groups and income levels, ESRI finds

At Dublin think-in the party calls for 1 per cent levy on electricity use in data centres

Levies and network charges on electric bills ‘deterring consumers’ from green choices such as heat pumps

Practical advice on your motoring queries, from buying and selling to issues with your current car

New Spring is bigger, more practical, and basically a Twingo underneath

Range Rover has finally electrified the car that defined the luxury SUV. It’s silent, capable and surprisingly convincing, provided your wallet can withstand the strain

France can sell €25,000 handbags, so why does it struggle to convince us to buy its premium cars like DS?

As with fuel prices, EV charging costs vary from location to location, but the differences aren’t massive

Motors Q&A: By charging between 20% and 80%, you are being kinder to your vehicle’s battery and preserving more of its health for the long term

Imagine if your washing machine or shoes had to carry a tag displaying the year of their purchase

We live in an age in which reduce, reuse, recycle is supposed to be a guiding environmental principle. Cars should surely be no exception

Advice on your motoring queries, from buying and selling to issues with your current car

The car industry is still promoting all sorts of ‘eco’ labels, hybrid models and plug-ins which are nowhere near as good as electric vehicles

GLC and slightly smaller GLB launch together in Ireland, but the pricier car is the star performer

Fossil fuel price rises on the back of Iran war have delivered surge in EV sales, so why blunt the message?

Consumers prioritising lower bills over environmental reasoning by a factor of 10 to one

Advice on your motoring queries, from buying and selling to issues with your current car

Company has teamed up with Cork-based Ohme to research EV charging habits

The new seven-seat Peaq is significantly more affordable than its Hyundai and Kia rivals, while Skoda’s Irish boss reckons the dam on electric car sales has finally broken

Not only have we saved on heating bills, but we have dramatically reduced our carbon emissions

Sales of electric vehicles have increased by over 40 per cent in the first seven months of 2026

Central Statistics Office data show more than 20,000 new private cars licensed in July

Advice on your motoring queries, from buying and selling to issues with your current car

Faulty chargers leave motorists at risk of being marooned

German car maker plans to lay off 100,000 employees, a sixth of its global workforce

Once friendly exchanges are now tetchy as demand has increased and queues form

Demand for grant scheme doubled in April compared with same month in 2025

The answers to big global challenges can’t be found within single disciplines

‘My average commute is up to 650km each week with a cost in petrol of about €50-€70′

There are many issues with Merc’s new CLA, but once you drive it, you’ll be hooked

As costs fall, partly thanks to AI, autonomous driving services including robotaxis are set to increase dramatically

Electric cars now account for more than one in four new vehicles sold in Ireland

Car maker putting customer first with image revamp but retains long-term EV-only goal

If you look carefully on the distant horizon, there are few internal combustion engines there

There is every reason to plan now for SMR power generation. Repealing the ban on nuclear power generation is the first step