Articles by Mark

NI Councils Respond On ORCS Grant Questions

With the news last month that none of our 11 councils have applied for the On-street Residential Chargepoint Scheme (ORCS) grant yet, we sent them all an email on the 31st January asking: Do you intend to apply for funds…



Lobby Your MLA on NI’s EV Charging Network

Now that we have published our 6 steps for change, it’s time to get the message out to all of our political representatives. A Few Clicks You can email all your MLAs with a few clicks by visiting writetothem.com and…


6 Steps NI Needs to Move Forward with EV Charging

After the most intensive month of meetings in NIEVO’s history, the road ahead for EV charging in Northern Ireland has become much clearer. The 6 Point Plan Here is our manifesto for change – 6 steps that we believe are…



NIE Networks Prepared to Install EV Chargers in NI

We held a Zoom meeting with NIE Networks on the 19th January to discuss some of the current issues surrounding EV charging in Northern Ireland. NIE Want Change in Installation Costs NIE Networks gave a presentation to the Committee for…



NI EV Drivers Public Charging Survey 2021

Today we are launching a new survey to get a clearer picture of the EV public charging network in Northern Ireland. It’s a simple online process that takes less than 5 minutes and is completely anonymous with no personal data…


The State of the Network – ESB Meeting Q1 2021

Whilst there’s great news that year on year EV sales figures doubled in NI for 2020, we are seeing many new owners suddenly discovering the bad news about the state of our public network as they try to charge their…


MG5 Exclusive Review – Electric Estate

I had previously been driving a Mazda CX5 but with my PCP deal coming towards an end, I had been wanting to move to an EV. Despite wanting to go electric for all the obvious environmental benefits I also needed…