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Drivers are being told the best ways they can charge electric vehicles more cheaply amidst the rising costs of energy at home.

The Department of Transport is to cut the value of the purchase grant for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) from €5,000 to €2,500, effective July 1, 2021.

Audi is to offer the Q3 and Q3 Sportback as plug-in hybrid versions when they arrive in Irish dealers from Spring 2021. The drivetrain in the 45 TFSI e-models has an output of 245 hp and covers 61 km purely electrically, Audi says.

The Volkswagen Tiguan is getting a major technical and visual update. The big highlight will be a new plug-in hybrid drive (PHEV) version for Europe.

A recent survey of drivers of the UK’s most popular plug-in hybrid, the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV, reveals that around two-thirds (68 per cent) plug their car in every single day and 90 per cent charge their vehicles at least two to three times per week. This certainly runs counter to the myth that plug-in hybrids are only driven by people looking to lower their tax bills and are never actually plugged in.

Irish motorists are now more open to switching to electric and hybrid cars according to the most recent report.

Electric and plug-in hybrid cars are becoming increasingly popular with more models to choose from than ever before. There are now over 1,200 public access charge points available across Ireland; however the process of charging an electric car is quite different to putting fuel in a normal petrol or diesel-powered car.

The Irish car market is ripe for the introduction of a Swappage scheme as proposed by the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) in its pre-Budget submission, according to vehicle data experts Cartell.ie.

A new proposed scheme by the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) will help create 42 jobs in Westmeath if the Government agree to the idea which was part of SIMI’s pre-budget submission announced this week.