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Petrol stations will soon have to display price comparisons with electric vehicles, following an EU Directive.
The new regulation has been introduced by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland and will require forecourt owners to display a poster or screen with the cost to travel 100 kilometres in a petrol, diesel, and electric vehicle.
Petrol stations with three or more fuel pumps will have to display signs showing the difference in their prices compared with the electric alternative.
The current SEAI price comparison says the approximate cost of travelling 100km with petrol is €10.04, with diesel is €8.95, and for electric is €3.18.
Updated values are to be published by the SEAI every three months, and posters will need to be updated within five working days.
Fuel and motoring groups, such as Fuels for Ireland have pushed back on the measure, saying there was little consultation and complaints about the price example given for EVs.
CEO of Fuels for Ireland Kevin McPartlan says the deadline for implementation at the end of this month was too soon:
"What the SEAI have said is that they're going to run a couple of webinars, which they're going to invite forecourt operators to participate in, where they can explain the actual obligation and make sure that everybody's fully aware of what they have to do. And until those webinars happen, they've told us there's not going to be any enforcement action taken."
The SEAI says the aim of this law is to offer consistent, independent information to consumers.
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