By this time next year, the cars on our streets won’t have changed that much. They’ll still be, more or less, the same mix of saloons and (increa...
Well, is it time to embrace the electric car? Yes, nearly. Actually, that’s an answer that still depends on your personal circumstances, and your...
Rather like a broken Boeing, electric cars have conspicuously failed to take off. We were promised that, by the end of this decade, ten per cent...
Remember biofuels? Remember the mad rush to bring dual-fuel cars to the market? Remember running out to buy a Mondeo, Focus, V50 or Saab 9-5 beca...
Having just returned from the Geneva Motor Show where the all electric Renault Zoe was causing quite a stir I was surprised to read that closer t...
Thanks to Ron Cella for sending me this very interesting article from Bloomberg News. Currently GE employ over 2,000 people in Ireland and it loo...
Mark O'Byrnes went along on Motorcheck's behalf to the Fitzwilliam hotel this week where Eric Basset, MD for Renault in Ireland, was announcing n...
Mark O'Byrnes is a regular visitor to the Motorcheck blog. Living in Co. Kildare he has always had a healthy interest in cars and has developed m...
The recent progress made by Ireland in paving the way for an electric future is nothing short of impressive! An early commitment made by the ESB...
Amid the fanfare, pomp and ceremony that greeted the announcement of a €5,000 incentive for electric cars this week in a sun bathed Royal Hospita...
The road to an electric future widened into 4 lanes today as members of the Irish Government, The ESB (Electricity Supply Board) and the Renault...
As the ESB prepares to unveil the first of 1,500 Electric Vehicle (EV) charging posts, Mitsubishi Ireland registers the first of its all-electric...