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Fri 08 Aug 2010ESB launches home car charge points
ANOTHER MILESTONE in the deployment of electric vehicles was marked yesterday with the launch by the ESB of home-based car charging points.
Sweeping aside concerns relating to “range anxiety”, the availability of lithium for batteries, the price of electric vehicles and the safety implications of the absence of engine noise, the ESB said electric vehicles were continually being “mainstreamed”. The power company has plans to install some 2,000 home-based charging points across the country by next year. The State’s first home-charging pilot project will see 12 people driving an electric vehicle for four months each, while the ESB and Trinity College Dublin assess the suitability of the charging systems.
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