Finance Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage
Dail Éireann — 2023-04-18
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Michael Collins (IND), Cork South-West

As I said earlier, I have no issue with EVs but I have a problem that in my constituency there are few charging points and I do not think this will work. Deputies have been looking at the pros and cons of this. Does the Minister realise that EVs lose 2% of their range each year they are on the road? A battery does 130,000 km to 200,000 km so I will be in deep trouble because I have a relatively new car that probably has over 200,000 km. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae said he has done some 700,000 km.

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Sitting date: 2023-04-18