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DHL Going Green In Ireland With 44 Ford Electric Vans

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We’ve looked at the total cost of operation a number of times for […] .” That’s a common and decreasingly accurate dig at EVs, usually used by people who are far behind the times. Today, EVs are available at most price points (including used) where they make more financial sense.

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Ireland Sets Goal of 10% EVs by 2020

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Late last year, the government of Ireland set a target of 10% of all vehicles in the transport fleet to be powered by electricity by 2020. A €1 million project by Sustainable Energy Ireland to research, develop and demonstrate of vehicles nationally. This will represent some 250,000 cars on Irish roads over the next 12 years.

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T&E: Denmark, Luxembourg, Netherlands lead deployments of zero-emission buses in Europe

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However, Germany is now financing 80% of the higher purchase cost of e-buses. This will be essential for the countries at the bottom of the table: Austria and Ireland registered no zero-emission urban buses in 2019, while in Switzerland and Greece less than 4% of new buses were emissions-free.

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Shearwater Energy developing SMR wind-hybrid energy project; selects NuScale Power

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Shearwater has also submitted an outline proposal to the British Government and the devolved governments of Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland, all of whom stand to derive economic benefits in connection with the proposed project. Shearwater has selected the SMR technology being developed by NuScale.

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UK Electricity Prices compared to Europe

EV Info

Interesting article in the I newspaper comparing the cost of Electricity in the UK with the rest of Europe. Their research gives the UK a cost of 41 Euro Centre / kWh This is well above the EC average. The cost of electricity, including taxes, was 48.94 euro cents per kilowatt hour (c€/kWh) in Dublin and 41.25

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Transport for London orders 20 Wrightbus hydrogen double-decker buses

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Wrightbus in Northern Ireland will manufacture them, creating new jobs in the region. JIVE aims to bring down the cost of the vehicles by buying in bulk with other authorities, helping put the price per bus on a par with the other cleanest fuels. TfL is investing £12 million (US$15.6

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Drivers in Ireland can save hundreds on cost of home charger

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Drivers in Ireland can get a €600 grant today to help cover the cost of installing a home charger. There has been an increase in the purchase of EVs in Ireland so far this year, with 21% of new cars licenced being electric or plug-in hybrid electric vehicles compared with 14% at this time last year. Claim today.

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