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Ionity charging network

unkel · 2018-02-06 23:32:15

Some good news at last. 9 charging locations with 6 chargers per location. All of them 150kW and presumably upgradable to 350kW. Looks like locations near all the main cities, a bit thin in the midlands though where most economy EVs like Leaf 2018, eGolf and Ioniq require one charge to go from say Dublin to Cork. Hopefully…

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#752 10-07-2019 11:43pm
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They seem to be orientated correctly this time at least.

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#753 10-07-2019 11:48pm
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Here’s another angle incase people were wondering about the front of them.

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#754 11-07-2019 7:27am
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Bays not painted green again.

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#755 11-07-2019 7:45am
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McGiver wrote: »

Bays not painted green again.

Looks like Ionity does not paint their bays, I was watching Bjorns video of the 24h record and the bays weren't painted and some of them were iced (in Germany)

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#756 11-07-2019 7:50am
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Absolutely bizarre. I've been to their Cashel location once and all 4 bays were ICE'd. I had to ask one of them (that still had the driver present) to move so I could charge.

When I finished 25 minutes later, a Kona had managed to slip in, the others were all still ICE'd.

I could understand eCars doing nothing but Ionity are losing revenue because of this.

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#757 11-07-2019 7:58am
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Not painting the bays seems to be an Irish thing. Here's how it's done in the UK.

https://www.speakev.com/attachments/img_20190517_190849-jpg.117454/

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#758 11-07-2019 8:51am
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Sack the project manager. They are clearly local. Ionity Bays in some countries are painted and in some not.
I think this should be raised to the Irish branch now otherwise they will do all of them like that.

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#759 11-07-2019 8:53am
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Any news on the chargers on the N7 near Kill?

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#760 11-07-2019 2:25pm
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McGiver wrote: »

Bays not painted green again.

They are obviously not yet finished based on pic
https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/attachment.php?attachmentid=484958&d=1562798937

I also notice that they straddle a dish in the path ...... is that for access to the chargers or fo access elsewhere on the site?
It looks to me that the 'dish' will be blocked by a connected vehicle.

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#761 11-07-2019 2:39pm
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Ionity install one charger as a disabled spot, the dished kerb is for that

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#762 11-07-2019 2:54pm
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liamog wrote: »

Ionity install one charger as a disabled spot, the dished kerb is for that

Seems like they didn't think about the practicalities of it though. Short cables, tight parking... that kerb will most certainly be blocked by a charging car.

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#763 11-07-2019 3:17pm
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liamog wrote: »

Ionity install one charger as a disabled spot, the dished kerb is for that

..... and the vehicle will block it.
There does not seem to be sufficient room for a wheelchair user to exit their vehicle either, should a car be charging in the next bay.

The UK pic seems to show a much wider bay for the disabled user's bay.

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#764 14-07-2019 12:26am
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Irish EV owners association meet at Ionity Gorey Sunday September 1st 2019 12-2pm.

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#765 14-07-2019 8:59am
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zg3409 wrote: »

Irish EV owners association meet at Ionity Gorey Sunday July 28th 12-2pm. Don't shoot the messenger ...

Tell em to bring some paint.

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#766 14-07-2019 10:56am
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DrPhilG wrote: »

Tell em to bring some paint.

Lol paint party.

No EV yet so I will bring a bag of batteries and a brush.

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#767 14-07-2019 11:59am
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zg3409 wrote: »

Irish EV owners association meet at Ionity Gorey Sunday July 28th 12-2pm. Don't shoot the messenger ...

Date changed to September 1st, to avoid other events such as Bray air show

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#768 20-07-2019 3:14pm
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Ionity site now showing Gorey MSA as live.

We need pictures people. :P

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I find that amazing, Gorey already has a few chargers , why not put the charging station on the N11 ?

Better yet, how about the M9 ?

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#770 21-07-2019 12:24am
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Silent Running wrote: »

Ionity site now showing Gorey MSA as live.

We need pictures people. :P

I was there today. It has E-Cars chargers and beside them is about 6 marked places with Ionity chargers with large LCD touchscreens that look active and live.

Behind the chargers are several mini traffo pillars. Lots of space for expansion. They are located further away from the main building so less of an incentive for them to be ICEd.

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#771 21-07-2019 12:28am
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I find that amazing, Gorey already has a few chargers , why not put the charging station on the N11 ?

Better yet, how about the M9 ?

They are on the M11 between j21 and j22. Where on the N 11 needs them ? People in Dublin can charge at home, in a car park or at work , or at a hotel.

These are located 60km from Dublin and about the same from Rosslare Europoort. That stretch is very busy in the summer with people in Dublin travelling back and forth to their mobiles which generally dint have charging points.

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#772 21-07-2019 8:08am
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That road is mental with people taking the ferry so a good spot,

Live anyway according to Ionity
https://ionity.evapi.de/#/

Next question, after Athlone any chance they would hit the M3 and the Cavan area

Swapping car and really anything without a CCS connection is looking a bad choice now

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#773 21-07-2019 9:03am
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€8 for a charging session according to some pics on FB. Not bad if you've a big battery but a bit of a ripoff for an early EV

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#774 21-07-2019 9:05am
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stesaurus wrote: »

€8 for a charging session according to some pics on FB. Not bad if you've a big battery but a bit of a ripoff for an early EV

The network is been built for a 90kWh Audi....I don’t think they have much concern about me and my 26kWh eGolf

It’s for ID as well which will be bigger batteries

It makes sense

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#775 21-07-2019 9:16am
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Shefwedfan wrote: »

The network is been built for a 90kWh Audi....I don’t think they have much concern about me and my 26kWh eGolf

It’s for ID as well which will be bigger batteries

It makes sense

I can sneak in under the radar with my 64kWh.

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#776 21-07-2019 9:26am
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Silent Running wrote: »

I can sneak in under the radar with my 64kWh.

Well 8 Euro make sense with taht battrry is my point, hooking up to a 26kWh will be expensive

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#777 21-07-2019 9:28am
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The flat rate is only introductory isn't it? When there's enough EVs on the road to actually make money they'll revert to a per kWh or possibly time based price plan.

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#778 21-07-2019 9:33am
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Mickeroo wrote: »

The flat rate is only introductory isn't it? When there's enough EVs on the road to actually make money they'll revert to a per kWh or possibly time based price plan.

It’s a stand-alone company so it will have to make a profit

At the end of the day the cheapest place to charge your car will be at home

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#779 21-07-2019 9:43am
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The closest we have as an indicator for Ionity is 33c/kWh from Audi's e-tron Charging Service.
They have a price listed on https://e-tron.charging-service.audi/web/audi-ie/tariffs.
Anything over about 24kWh and you'll likely be paying more once they switch to per kWh billing.

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#780 21-07-2019 10:45am
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ted1 wrote:

I was there today. It has E-Cars chargers and beside them is about 6 marked places with Ionity chargers with large LCD touchscreens that look active and live.

Are the bays painted green?

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#781 21-07-2019 10:47am
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McGiver wrote: »

Are the bays painted green?

Not green but they are painted going by the pic I saw on facebook.

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