EPA Admits 'Extremely Challenging' To Have One Million Electric Vehicles On Irish Roads By 2030
The goal was set out by the government in its climate action plan and is designed to help reduce harmful emissions
The EPA says Ireland has not met its 2020 emission reduction targets, but the goal for 2030 can be achieved if current plans are fully implemented.
Stephen Treacy, a Senior Scientific Officer with the EPA, says having one million electric vehicles in Ireland by the end of the decade is very ambitious:
"I don't think it's impossible. It's certainly extremely challenging and it will require a big increase in uptake rates over the next number of years, and particularly between 2025 and 2030,a s we would expect the only vehicles to be electric. And so it's certainly a hugely ambitious target. And does require the infrastructure to be built out to facilitate their use."
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