{"id":19049,"date":"2018-06-28T18:33:19","date_gmt":"2018-06-28T17:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/?p=19049"},"modified":"2018-06-28T18:34:02","modified_gmt":"2018-06-28T17:34:02","slug":"seven-reasons-go-electric","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/index.php\/seven-reasons-go-electric\/","title":{"rendered":"Seven Reasons to go Electric"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/go_electric_main.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-19051\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/go_electric_main.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"638\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/go_electric_main.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/go_electric_main-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/go_electric_main-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/a>If you&#8217;re in the market for a car, there has never been a better time to\u00a0go electric writes Geraldine Herbert<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>1) <strong>Reduced Tolls<\/strong> &#8211; From Sunday 1st July 2018,\u00a0 electric car owners can avail of 50% off tolls nationwide.<br \/>\n2) <strong>Cheaper to Run<\/strong> \u2013 According to the CSO the average driver does 318 kms per week. Driving that distance a week in an electric car\u00a0(eg. Nissan Leaf) will cost you just \u20ac4.04 a week to charge as opposed to \u20ac34.34 for an equivalent petrol and \u20ac25.03 for a diesel<br \/>\n3) <strong>Less Road Tax<\/strong> &#8211; Electric cars benefit from the lowest road tax.<br \/>\n4) <strong>Makes Business Sense<\/strong> &#8211; Companies can avail of a 100% year one tax write down, under the Accelerated Capital Allowance Scheme.<br \/>\n5) <strong>Home Charging for new and old<\/strong> &#8211; Home Charge point installations are currently free, but only for new electric vehicle purchases but now buyers of secondhand electric cars can avail of a \u20ac600 government grant to install a charger in their home.<br \/>\n6) <strong>Easy and cheap to maintain<\/strong> &#8211; An electric car motor has significantly fewer engine parts so there is a much smaller chance of a part breaking and requiring replacement.<br \/>\n7) <strong>Go further than you think<\/strong> \u2013 Range is getting better with every new EV and even the older models will take you 150 kms on a single charge.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Geraldine Herbert\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>28th June, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re in the market for a car, there has never been a better time to\u00a0go electric writes Geraldine Herbert 1) Reduced Tolls &#8211; From Sunday 1st July 2018,\u00a0 electric car owners can avail of 50% off tolls nationwide. 2) Cheaper to Run \u2013 According to the CSO the average driver does 318 kms per [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19052,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16,117],"tags":[770,1054,135,2674,3364,657,382,1795,1875,1202,3363],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.13 - 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