Donal Byrne

Ireland ranks in the middle of a European league of green energy use when it comes to charging electric cars.

Impact of electric cars in Ireland hampered by energy sources

Trying to get the full green benefits of an electric car in Ireland is not helped by continued reliance on fossil fuels to generate electricity.

Motors • 12 Nov 21

Toyota's first all-electric battery car, the zB4X

Toyota's first EV car due in 2022, while Kia's EV 6 already lands

Toyota hasn't exactly been in a hurry to get its battery electric cars to the market, concentrating instead on building up a valuable chunk of the hybrid market in the meantime.

Motors • 29 Oct 21

Tesla's Model 3 became Europe's top-selling car last month.

Tesla is first electric car maker to top European sales charts

With an electric car becoming the top-selling car in Europe last month, EV's are now irrevocably mainstream. The Tesla Model 3 out-sold all other cars on the market. Car hire companies are now also embracing electric technology.

Motors • 25 Oct 21

The €2,500 grants for plug-in hybrid cars will be scrapped from 1 January 2022

The end of the road for plug-in hybrid vehicles ?

It's only a little over ten years ago that plug-in hybrid cars became mainstream and car manufacturers have been promoting them heavily ever since. Now they appear to face an early demise under proposed draft EU legislation.

Motors • 20 Oct 21

Reviewed: Mazda's 6 - the challenge of an ageing petrol car.

The Mazda may be as good as, and cheaper than, a comparable BMW or Mercedes but is there a future for saloon cars ?

Motors • 12 Oct 21

The Skoda Fabia will not now arrive here until next year.

Skoda Ireland to defer car launch because of microchip crisis

Skoda in Ireland has cancelled its planned launch of the new Fabia because of the global shortage of microchips that is causing havoc for car manufacturers around the world.

Motors • 06 Oct 21

The tax proposals would have a significant effect on the price of the ID.3, according to Volkswagen.

VW warns of price hike for electric cars if tax proposals adopted

Volkswagen Ireland says new tax proposals would add almost 3,000 Euros to the price of its most popular electric car - the ID.3

Motors • 29 Sep 21

The chip shortage is causing huge difficulties for car production and delivery times.

Buying a new car ? You had better get ready for a long wait

Just as the world motor industry begins to recover from the Covid crisis, it's faced with a new challenge that is dramatically affecting car production and already resulting in delayed orders for Ireland.

Motors • 14 Sep 21

Skoda's Enyaq SUV performs impressively when it comes to range.

Reviewed: Skoda's fully electric SUV

Skoda's new Enyaq show's how dramatic the improvement in electric cars has now become. Behind us are the days of cheap interior finish, charging frustration and experimentation.

Motors • 06 Sep 21

The Jogger is being kept under wraps until next week.

Dacia to launch new family car with choice of 5 or 7 seats.

Dacia plans to undercut some of the bigger names in the family car segment with its new Jogger model.

Motors • 31 Aug 21