IEVOA welcomes public bodies move to only buy EVs from 2023

IEVOA welcomes public bodies move to only buy EVs from 2023

Following on from our call to action for government ministers to adopt EVs in the wake of news of a new fleet & security protocol change this year, news has come from Minister of State for Procurement Ossian Smyth, setting out a new framework for purchasing of vehicles for public service.

From 2023, all public service vehicles must be electric according to the new framework. This is a pull-forward date from an initially touted 2025. According to The Irish Times, “Minister of State for Procurement Ossian Smyth developed a new framework for the purchase of EVs for the public service. After a slow start when only 3pc of newly purchased state vehicles were electric in the first quarter of 2021, a ten-fold increase – to 32pc – was achieved within six months.

The Irish EV Owners Association welcomes this news wholeheartedly.

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