2+ week, 5+ day ago   (714+ words) Specialised spike systems on motorway ramps, a new driving licence system, real-time traffic alerts and tough new legislation are among suggestions on what could be done to lessen the risk of dangerous driving in Ireland. The Irish Times has received…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (702+ words) Our first car – more than 50 years ago – was a second-hand Renault 4. Its floor eventually rusted away at about 10 years old. Today’s cars last at least twice as long. While the recent scrappage scheme to encourage a switch to EVs was…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (1014+ words) There was a time when car makers were all about mechanical engineering. Somewhere along the line, the power shifted to marketing departments and software developers. These days there are several models on the market built by tech companies that simply…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (390+ words) What would it take for you to change your energy use habits? The head honchos at ESB Networks have teamed up with Cork-based electric vehicle charging company Ohme as part of a programme to find an answer to that question....

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (175+ words) Clamping vans will all but disappear from Dublin city centre, and reports from members of the public about illegal parkers will be prioritised, under a radical overhaul of the city’s parking enforcement services. In the biggest change to parking controls…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (559+ words) The concept was already well established in the UK and China when it was introduced here a year ago. We started on a voluntary basis because the Revenue Commissioners did not want to pass the primary legislation that would have…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (619+ words) Well, you’re absolutely right to think that the €3,500 grant from the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) doesn’t do enough to defray the steep first year deprecation that most new cars suffer, and which electric cars seem to suffer in…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago   (341+ words) The Irish Times Why motor industry lobbied for changes to vehicle registration plates Since 1987, the year of first registration has been prominently displayed on number plates Sir, – Brian Murphy (“Why we have years on our car number plates,…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (1134+ words) Dacia’s dinky little Spring electric car made a valiant effort at being not only the cheapest electric car on sale in Ireland but also actually the cheapest car of all for a time. Sadly for the Spring, it was hamstrung…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (738+ words) Is it coincidence or just plain bad luck that the ESB announced price hikes – of up to 6c per kWh – for its public electric car charging points just as the Government was rolling out its ICE2EV scrappage grant? The ESB’s prices are…...