A €10m pilot scrappage scheme to encourage motorists to buy an electric vehicle is to be introduced by Minister for Transport Darragh O'Brien.
It will incentivise the owners of older, more polluting diesel and petrol internal combustion engine vehicles to scrap them and apply the scrappage value to purchase of a battery electric vehicle.
A scrappage incentive of €5,000 would be offered to eligible applicants who permanently dispose of a vehicle more than 13 years old.
This scrappage payment would be in addition to the existing €3,500 EV purchase grant, providing a total support of up to €8,500 per vehicle.
65% of the funding - €6.5m - will be ringfenced for people living outside the major cities of Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick and Waterford.
The remaining 35% - €3.5m - will be allocated to applicants within those cities.
The strategy targets most funding to those living in areas with less available public transport options and who are more car dependent.
