Has the Electric Car dream ended before its even begun? Neil talks to Paul Mulvaney, from ESB Electric Cars and Eric Basset, The MD of Renault Ireland to find out why sales have been sluggish. Also, Ciara O’Brien from the Irish Times is on the phone to talk about the Consumer Electronics Show in America, and whats in store for the car of the future. This weeks In-Car Report features the Audi Q3
Posts Tagged ‘electric cars’
In Need Of A Recharge
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
On The Up
Wednesday, May 4th, 2011Alan Nolan from SIMI brings us some good news on car sales figures, the ESB tell us how you can refuel for just €6!!!!! while Paddy brings an E Car for a spin
Electric Rolls
Wednesday, March 30th, 2011Ben Oliver on Rolls Royce’s prototype Electric Car and Michael McAleer tells us all about Citroen’s plans to improve sales in Ireland
Electric Grants
Tuesday, August 10th, 2010We ask is the government wasting taxpayers money on handing out grants for electric vehicles; we’ve been to Munich to drive a revised version of the MINI; and for this week’s in-car report we have been driving the Ford S-Max.
Irish Times Motors 23rd June
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010We talk to Bob Montgomery about Ireland’s greatest roads, Killian Doyle has been in Mondello to speak to Alfa Romeo owners, and Paddy Comyn has been driving the revised Ford Mondeo.
Car Reg Improvement?
Tuesday, May 18th, 2010Concrete details on the first mass produced electric cars you can buy next spring; call to change the existing car registration system; in-car review from face-lifted Mazda 6.
€5,000 Electric Car
Tuesday, April 13th, 2010This week - Government incentives for electric car buyers; anger over NCT delays; and we test Audi’s V10 supercar, the R8
Plug Your Car
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010The first ESB on-street charging points have been announced. We tell you where. Our In-Car report is from the new Honda Insight and Paddy reports from Spain on tyre-testing.
Electric Cars
Tuesday, April 28th, 2009This week we test Mitsubishi’s new plug-in electric car, due on Irish roads very soon. Derek Scally talks to us about German reaction to a potential Fiat takeover of Opel and we answer your helpdesk queries.
Shanghai Motor Show
Tuesday, April 21st, 200922nd April 2009
We talk to the boss of oil giant Chevron, Dubliner David O’Reilly, on future global energy needs and electric cars in Ireland; Clifford Coonan reports from the Shanghai motor show on how China is now the world’s number one car market; Peugeot has high hopes for its new crossover SUV - Paddy Comyn reports from the international launch; and we answer your questions in our first audio Motors helpdesk.
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