Ireland to pay drivers £4,310 to scrap 'polluting' petrol and diesel cars in favour of electric vehicles

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Ireland to pay drivers £4,310 to scrap 'polluting' petrol and diesel cars in favour of electric vehicles.

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Ireland has introduced a new scrappage scheme that aims to get drivers behind the wheel of electric vehicles as the government attempts to rid petrol and diesel cars from the road.Drivers across the nation will be able to transition from older, polluting internal combustion engine vehicles to cleaner electric vehicles through the ICE2EV scheme.The service, which will be administered by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI), will officially launch on July 1, having been announced earlier this month.Petrol and diesel vehicles that are more than 13 years old from Ireland's private car fleet will be eligible to be replaced with new battery electric vehicles.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Darragh O'Brien, Minister for Transport, confirmed that the limited scheme would be backed with €10million (£8.6million) in funding.There are almost 235,000 electric cars across Ireland, with Mr O'Brien noting that this would reach "many multiples" in the coming years.He said: "I want to...

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