Minister for Agriculture, Simon Coveney will be driving a Mitsubishi Plug-In Hybrid EV Outlander over the coming months. During this period, the Minister will be able to charge the PHEV Outlander using a home charge point or at any of the 1,200 publicly accessible charge points.
Pictured are the Minister for Agriculture, Food, the Marine and Defence, Simon Coveney TD, with ESB Networks Managing Director, Jerry O’Sullivan, Mitsubishi Managing Director, Gerard Rice and Sales Manager, Jason Byrne, at ESB’s electric vehicle charge point at South Mall, Cork City.
Previously Minister Coveney trialled the 100% electric Nissan Leaf during the summer and used it for most of his driving, he said: “I found the electric car a pleasure to drive and very cost effective to run. I was able to charge it at home and at any of the public charge points installed across the country. I particularly welcomed driving a vehicle that had zero tailpipe emissions.”
Over 2,500kms of major routes across the country are now served by the EV fast charging network, which is capable of providing the PHEV Outlander with an 80% charge in as little as 25 minutes. To find the location of the charge points, please view our charge point map
