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'John is living proof it is never too late to embrace change' http://www.herald.ie/news/centenarian-john-motoring-on-with-his-new-electric-car-34968616.html Centenarian John motoring on... with his new electric car 16 August 2016 Laura Larkin [image http://cdn-04.herald.ie/incoming/article34968200.ece/f9760/AUTOCROP/w620/heraldteslaoldtimer.jpg (Leaf) John Walsh proudly shows off his new car. Photo John D Kelly ] John Walsh felt he deserved an early 101st birthday present - and decided to splash out on an electric car. Mr Walsh never bought a brand new car before but said concerns about global warming have spurred him on to go electric. With his 101st birthday around the corner, it is something of an early birthday present. Sustainability "It's all about sustainability now. What put it (the electric car) into my mind was a friend of my son in Kinsale who had been driving one. That informed me about it." He said he would never have dreamt of buying a new car at this stage but wanted to do something to help conserve the supply of fossil fuels. "The banks are paying no interest, so I decided to spend my money on an EV (electric vehicle) to do my own little bit to protect the environment," he said. His previous car was a Toyota Yaris [ice]. John, from Clonmel in Co Tipperary, has planned some road trips with his new set of wheels. "There are a few places I'd like to visit soon like Dungarvan, Holy Cross or Mount Mellerary Abbey which is quite a special, place and somewhere I used to visit quite a bit in earlier years," he added. He also wants to make the 250km round trip to Foynes, Co Limerick, so he can visit where he grew up and first sat behind the wheel of his father's car - a Model T [ice]. He also likes the idea of being able to charge the car at his home. The car he splashed out on is a Nissan LEAF [EV], which retails from €21,450. [© Herald.ie] ... http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/get-one's-irish-up Get Irish up http://www.dictionary.com/browse/get-one-s-irish-up ... http://www.macmillandictionary.com/us/dictionary/british/splash-out splash out http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/100yearold-john-goes-electric-over-globalwarming-fears-34968750.html 100-year-old John goes electric over global-warming fears 16/08/2016 Eddie Cunningham [image http://cdn-04.independent.ie/incoming/article34968306.ece/72ec6/BINARY/page12_car.jpg A Ford Model T ice, like the one John's father owned ] He's nearly 101 years old and has just bought his first new car - simply because it is electric. Now centenarian John Walsh, from Clonmel, Co Tipperary, has become something of a symbol for electric-car use here. John told the Irish Independent that he decided to buy a new Nissan LEAF as he is genuinely concerned over global warming. He said: "It's all about sustainability now. What put it (the electric car) into my mind was a friend of my son in Kinsale who had been driving one. That 'informed' me about it. "The banks are paying no interest, so I decided to spend my money on an EV (electric vehicle) to do my own little bit to protect the environment." Mr Walsh uses the LEAF to get into town to shop twice a week and visit friends. But he is planning longer trips. He wants to make the 250-kilometre round trip to Foynes, Co Limerick, where he grew up and first sat behind the wheel of his father's car, a Ford Model T. He likes the idea of being able to charge the LEAF, which costs from €21,490 (€120 road tax), at his home. John has the cert from his GP which entitles him to his three-year driving licence and he can "read and drive comparatively well without glasses". Nissan Ireland CEO James McCarthy says John is "living proof it is never too late to embrace change". [© Independent.ie] For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ {brucedp.0catch.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-21-5k-Global-warming-gets-100yrold-s-Irish-up-doing-his-bit-in-a-Leaf-EV-tp4683389.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
