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Electric car project on Aran Islands
Updated: 19:21, Friday, 14 January 2011
The Aran Islands will benefit from an electric car trial as part of a collaboration between Sustainable Energy Ireland and the Dept of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs.
Six One News: Aran Islands in electric cars trial
The Aran Islands has been selected to take part in a three-year trial of electric vehicles.
The pilot project is a collaboration between Sustainable Energy Ireland and the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs.
Eight householders on the Aran Islands will be provided with a bright orange electric car, with six going to Inis Mór and one each to Inis Meain and Inis Oírr.
The Aran Islands were selected as an ideal test location due to the abundance of wind and ocean energy.
Drivers of the Mega e-City three-door hatchback will pay €12 for the lease of the vehicle.
The main cost is a €400 payment for the installation of a charge point close to home.
The overall running cost per year is estimated to be around €90.
The aim of the project is to increase the number of electric vehicles on the islands and to eventually generate enough energy to provide electricity, heat and transport for the islands.
Different households will be chosen to take part in the project each year and the vision is to have no carbon fuel of any kind in the future.
more with video - http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0114/electric_car.html
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| #18 (permalink) Sun Feb 20, 2011 11:11 am What's the next big thing? Fancy an electric car? |
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Are we there yet?
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| #19 (permalink) Sun Feb 20, 2011 12:04 pm What's the next big thing? Fancy an electric car? |
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| Torsten wrote: |
| I think the oil industry lobby is still very strong and not all of them will support the new technology. However, eventually we will abandon combustion engines and replace them with an alternative which will either be electric motors or fuel cell technology. |
You´re right, Torsten, the oil industry is very strong and has adopted the methane drilling and -extraction business as well ages ago. But as for their strategy regarding electric motors I´m not sure. What could match their interests better as if electricity would have been produced by steam turbines which work on a really low rate of efficiency?
So, while we are at burning fossile fuel why not directly by combustion engines in cars and try to lower the carbon dioxide output, rather than change the combustion power to electricity on a low efficiency? This is how we also might protect the climate better. At least, as long as there is no better way of electricity production possible.
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