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What happened to EVs last month?

  • 03-08-2012 7:37pm
    #1
    September1
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    I was looking at beepbeep stats for last month, as it seems that in July there was a massive spike in new electrical cars being registered. So far this year only 122 have been registered, but 60 of those were in July. Of those 60 only 12 were LEAF and 48 were Renault Fluence ZE. It is a mystery to me why would demand jump that much suddenly, and why car with rather limited range and leased battery would account for most demand?


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  • #2
    dar83
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    A lot of Renault dealers buying them in for the free Fluence for a month promotion maybe?


  • #3
    sean_d
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 208 ✭✭sean_d


    Renault themselves might have registered a load of them, to use as demo vehicles perhaps.


  • #4
    September1
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    There just above 20 dealers of Renault in Ireland and some already have Fluence ZE vehicles for demonstration - they are for sale since beginning of the year. Maybe someone in the industry has heard something....:confused:


  • #5
    delad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 511 ✭✭✭delad


    September1 wrote: »
    and why car with rather limited range and leased battery would account for most demand?

    The range of 110 miles is more than enough for most people. However, if you are doing a journey over 110 miles, the battery using a quickdrop system that enables the owner to switch a used battery for a fully charged one in under 1 minute, at one of better places battery switching stations.

    I'm not sure how many, if any, battery switching stations are in Ireland currently, but I'd say once a few are set up along motorways and city centres, then sales of EV's in Ireland will explode.

    Considering EV's need about 1 euro of electricity for every 60 miles or so, this type of car will be a godsend to the likes of taxi drivers.


  • #6
    Mully_2011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 385 ✭✭Mully_2011


    delad wrote: »

    Considering EV's need about 1 euro of electricity for every 60 miles or so, this type of car will be a godsend to the likes of taxi drivers.

    I couldn't see an EV being a good taxi tbh


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  • #7
    Dartz
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    Mully_2011 wrote: »
    I couldn't see an EV being a good taxi tbh

    If you can switch the battery out and don't do much motorway mileage they make perfect sense. If you can spend your time idle at the rank topping up the charge...


  • #8
    delad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 511 ✭✭✭delad


    Dartz wrote: »
    If you can switch the battery out and don't do much motorway mileage they make perfect sense. If you can spend your time idle at the rank topping up the charge...


    Oh yeah I forgot about that actually. Most taxi journeys from rank to destination and back to rank would be less than 110 miles, so most of the time taxis wouldn't even need to replace their batteries at a station, they could simply charge up at the taxi rank. Taxi drivers I talk to tell me they are usually waiting up to an hour for a fare so this would give amble time to quick charge their battery back to full in time for their next journey.


  • #9
    September1
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    Renault Fleunce Z.E. in Ireland has not battery stations and there are currently no plans to open them. This means that battery quick drop is no an option. It has also no support for quick charging so to recharge one would need 6-7 hours stop, which is quite long even for EV enthusiasts.


  • #10
    delad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 511 ✭✭✭delad


    September1 wrote: »
    Renault Fleunce Z.E. in Ireland has not battery stations and there are currently no plans to open them. This means that battery quick drop is no an option. It has also no support for quick charging so to recharge one would need 6-7 hours stop, which is quite long even for EV enthusiasts.

    its no big deal, you just plug it in at night then


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    delad wrote: »
    Oh yeah I forgot about that actually. Most taxi journeys from rank to destination and back to rank would be less than 110 miles, so most of the time taxis wouldn't even need to replace their batteries at a station, they could simply charge up at the taxi rank. Taxi drivers I talk to tell me they are usually waiting up to an hour for a fare so this would give amble time to quick charge their battery back to full in time for their next journey.
    delad wrote: »
    its no big deal, you just plug it in at night then

    ... big deal for the taxi drivers you were on about though.


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  • #12
    delad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 511 ✭✭✭delad


    RoverJames wrote: »
    ... big deal for the taxi drivers you were on about though.

    Well obviously I didn't know there was no immediate plans for battery switching stations, so yeah its not going to work for taxi drivers at the moment. But its a given that battery switching stations will be in Ireland at some stage.


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