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EV Sales 2014

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  • #102
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 21,179 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    262 miles Dublin to Belfast, Leaf average 70 miles per 100% charge, so 30 mins empty to full average perhaps 20-30 mins per charge on a QC.

    My maths isn;t fantastic but that's about 3.7 QC's, about 2 hrs extra, not exactly impossible. Pain in the arse maybe, that's why i wouldn't bother do it in a leaf, I'd take the Prius or get a loan of an old type ICE car.

    It's my understanding they did not use the e-car charge point app to find out which chargers were on line or not. And they also took a wrong route.

    It's within the boundaries of the Model S 85 kwh on one charge.


  • #103
    RedorDead
    Registered Users Posts: 1,596 ✭✭✭RedorDead


    Deleted User wrote: »

    I didn't have time to read it all yet, but I probably couldn't be bothered, it seems like these people had an agenda.....

    They didnt - they were from a Belfast based renewable energy company called Action Renewables.
    Lutecia wrote: »
    Doing a "Belfast-Cork trip in 14 hours" shows 3 things:
    * This is just a negative catch phrase (he returned in 9 hours)
    * Driver didn't do well. 8 hours should be enough. And yes that's still considerably more than with a petrol/diesel car.
    * It's NOT THE PURPOSE of this car ! It's like going test driving Audi TT, to the garden center, buying some trees and saying that it's a rubbish car because it can't carry all these trees at once (same for a school run). I know that if you own a TT, you would then borrow the Jeep of a friend/family or rent something. Well you can do just the same with an electric vehicle.

    It's not all beautiful because it's a new technology, but from the moment you consider an EV like what it should be (ie a commuter), then you should be fine.

    PS: Yes I own an EV, yet it's my one and only car, and no I can't charge at home (I rely on public charging infrastructure) though never been stranded. With all the money saved, I'll happily rent a car if I need to go to Belfast sometime :)

    Agreed - but my point is never to criticise the car and what its used for, its to point out that as long as stories like this occur mass market acceptance is years away for EVs. PHEVs offer much more immediate potential.
    H.E. Pennypacker wrote: »
    The article was light on detail/badly written (apart from the poor performance of the car) but it seems that four people and their luggage were carried in the car. A bit more detail on the driving style/EV driving experience would be a big help in explaining the approx 60km range of the car

    Agreed, informing readers of numbers in the car and luggage and driving conditions (air con etc) is key here. It was poorly presented.
    Deleted User wrote: »
    262 miles Dublin to Belfast, Leaf average 70 miles per 100% charge, so 30 mins empty to full average perhaps 20-30 mins per charge on a QC.

    My maths isn;t fantastic but that's about 3.7 QC's, about 2 hrs extra, not exactly impossible.

    Indeed its not - its approx 100 miles or 160 km. Are you confusing it with Belfast to Cork distance?


  • #104
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 21,179 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    RedorDead wrote: »

    Indeed its not - its approx 100 miles or 160 km. Are you confusing it with Belfast to Cork distance?

    Yeah Belfast to Cork, oops ! :rolleyes:


  • #105
    Sesshoumaru
    Registered Users Posts: 2,129 ✭✭✭Sesshoumaru


    Just a simple graph showing BMW I3 and Nissan Leaf sales this year compared to last year. The vast majority are Nissan Leaf sales though and the I3 wasn't for sale last year.

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    This one breaks down July in more detail. Nice to see one Tesla sold in Ireland :)

    10536919_10202555744886076_2764536197031632502_n.jpg?oh=8c2f3f9a928a8474efa680e518e02b2a&oe=54670A0C


  • #106
    Sabre Man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,029 ✭✭✭Sabre Man


    How does one calculate the price to pay for importing a new Tesla from the UK or another EU country?


  • #107
    reboot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,460 ✭✭✭reboot


    Deleted User wrote: »
    People can print what they want, it's up to the people reading to do their own research.

    One car in a thousand sold in UK is Electric. BBC "Costing the Earth".


  • #108
    kdouglas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,414 ✭✭✭kdouglas


    Sabre Man wrote: »
    How does one calculate the price to pay for importing a new Tesla from the UK or another EU country?

    You'll need to find out what VRT you have to pay (14% of OMSP - €5000) then you'll need to pay VAT if it's less than 6 months old or has less than 6000kms.


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