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How feasible is it that Ireland will be able to ban sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030?...

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18.34 4 Dec 2020


Electric Cars


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How feasible is it that Ireland will be able to ban sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030?

It comes after experts in the UK have learned that they won’t meet their climate targets unless half of all cars are electric by that date. Geraldine Herbert Motoring journalist with the Sunday Independent and Brian Caulfield Associate Professor at the School of Engineering at Trinity College Dublin join Kieran to discuss if electric vehicles really are the future.

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