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"Ministers should drive electric vehicles before making policies..."

Down to Earth

English - October 22, 2019 18:45 - 12 minutes - 29 MB
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This Thursday, October 24 is Ireland’s annual Electric Vehicle Summit in Croke Park and our resident environmentalist, Dr. Cara Augustenborg (an EV owner herself), is speaking at the event alongside Green Party’s Eamon Ryan and others.
Now, she already caused a bit of a stir in the Business Post last week with her views on whether Electric Vehicles really are the transport solution to climate change.
She thinks our Ministers shouldn’t be making policies about them until they’ve had to live with one for 3-6 months!