Most of the applicants that came forward to register want to use electric cars for commuting to work and to save money spent on fuel bills. Half of the people interested claimed that their daily commute consists of less than 50 kilometres.
The participation is nearly double of the first Great Electric Drive that took place last year. This year, the majority of applications came from Leinster (about 30 per cent) while the highest number of commercial applications came from Dublin (28 per cent).
Anything else?
The selected ecar ambassadors will be announced in April this year, and their vehicle trial will begin then. They will get to try electric cars from manufacturers like BMW, Citroen, Mitsubishi, Nissan and Renault.
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