Grants for electric vehicles benefit the wealthy, confirming them as 'luxury goods' and threatening Government targets for EV's on Irish roads.
That's according to a study carried out by transport experts at Trinity College and Queens University, Belfast.
They examined the location of recharging points installed at private houses and found the equity gap was more pronounced in urban areas and especially in south county Dublin.
The Government's aiming for almost one million electric vehicles on Irish roads by 2030.
But Professor Brian Caulfield from Trinity's school of engineering, a lead author of the report, says unless better funding models are created that target looks unlikely;
"About 40 per cent of all of the home charging units have been installed in Dublin, in the most affluent parts of the city but also in the most, the parts that are best served by public transport."
