IrishEVs

IrishEVs is a consumer advice website focusing on electric vehicles, renewable energy and the climate crisis in Ireland.

The site was founded by journalist Tom Spencer,[1][2] who previously wrote for Fully Charged,[3][4][5] and has covered a wide range of topics around the role of cars and transport in the context of climate change – with the transport sector accounting for 20% of Ireland's total greenhouse gas emissions.

[20] The publication has also contributed to the Oireachtas committee on Climate Action, providing expert input on transport emissions, and led a campaign to introduce engine idling laws in Ireland.

[23][24] In particularly, IrishEVs has repeatedly called on the Irish government to support lower income families and individuals in adopting electric vehicles.

[25][26] IrishEVs has highlighted the considerable cost gap between the average income and the cost of new electric cars in Ireland, and urged the Irish government to increase incentives while also doing more to import second-hand electric vehicles from the UK to meet demand for affordable EVs - the UK being the only local source of right-hand drive vehicles, and a more mature market in terms of EV adoption.