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€8,500 scrappage grants to encourage switch to EVs
The pilot will offer a €5,000 scrappage payment and a €3,500 EV grant as the government seeks to boost electric-car sales.
- Transport Minister Darragh O Brien is briefing the Cabinet today on a new €10m pilot scrappage scheme offering up to €8,500 in total support for owners of vehicles aged 13 years and older to purchase electric vehicles.
- Rising demand for electric vehicles is exhausting current grant funding, prompting the government to allocate an additional €30 million from the Climate Action Fund to sustain the transition from petrol and diesel cars.
- Owners of vehicles aged 13 years and older can secure €5,000 for scrappage and €3,500 toward a new EV; the pilot operates on a first-come, first-served basis with 65 per cent of funding ring-fenced for rural areas.
- Alongside the pilot, the government is adjusting the existing EV grant, lowering the price cap for eligible vehicles from €60,000 to €50,000 starting July 31st to focus support on more affordable models.
- If the pilot proves popular, officials hope to introduce a broader scheme next year; the initiative specifically targets small and medium-sized vehicles in areas with fewer public transport options where car dependency is higher.
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Irish drivers with older cars could claim up to €8,500 in new grant pilot scheme
A new pilot Irish EV scrappage scheme launching in July will allow owners of petrol and diesel cars aged 13 years and above to secure grants of €5,000 for scrappage and a further €3,500 towards a new electric vehicle
·Dublin, Ireland
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