We can have our cake and eat it 🎂
If Car-Sharing & Ride-sharing was promoted and given grants and incentives over private electric car ownership.
I want to share my pre budget submission
#Budget2024 with you which has been now been accepted and is currently under consideration by the Irish Government and opposition party's for the replacement of all current grants and incentives for Electric Vehicle's.
It has been established that the current goal of 1 million electric vehicles on Irish roads by 2030 may not be the best policy choice, for a number of reason with current grants and incentives for the encouragement of private electric car ownership studies here and around the world have indicated that they have mainly benefited wealthy households not exactly conductive with a Just Transition,
For a vehicle that is parked unused for much of its lifetime using up carbon intensive to produce precious limited resource Steel Aluminium Glass Copper Plastic Rubber and now increasingly lithium, with the price for said
#ElectricVehicles outside the reach of much of the population and prices unlikely to fall any time soon even with cheaper Chinese models coming.
It is my hope they will consider an alternative
#JustTransition more
#Environmentally friendly alternative, in my Budget Submission on
#Transport on the potential benefits of Car Sharing and Ride Sharing this will become more practical and feasible with coming regulations to allow for the deployment of Autonomous and Remotely Piloted Vehicles on our roads.
@Aeravai Pre-
#Budget2024 submission to Irish Minister for Finance
@mmcgrathtd & Minister for Transport
@EamonRyan for Car-Sharing and Ride-Sharing with recommended. incentives.
#MobilityWeek #EURoadSafety
#AutonomousVehicles
#CarSharing #RideSharing
#TeleDriving #RemoteDriving #SharedMobility
View here
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