Driver's Republic Podcast

New Kia EV2 launch, Tesla Model Y 'standard' and CEO of Fuels For Ireland chats

Driver's Republic Podcast

Show Notes

Kevin McPartlan, CEO of Fuels For Ireland is our guest this week. He talks about how much fuel Ireland has before we run out, why prices work the way they do and if there's anything we can do about it.

Mark has been to the launch of Kia's EV2 in Belgium and tells us what he thought

Paddy tells us about the search history of Ireland's car buyers as we look back on another positive year of EV growth

Kieran Campbell from Tesla Ireland talks us through the most affordable Model Y yet - the 'standard'. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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