Applegreen own brand chargers

Alkers

I saw these being installed at the services in Birdhill on Friday, can't find anything online.

Anyone know any details?

Mike9832

Saw them too

Also couldn't find any info

Were closed off when I saw them on Saturday

Mickeroo

Oh that's a bit out of nowhere and very good to see. They are the same type of rapids Easy Go use.

50kw CCS and Chademo usually.


Would be great to see them rolled out at all Applegreens where possible.

samih

The more the merrier. Well done Applegreen!

slave1

Great to see some inroads

Truckermal

I hope the quality of the electricity is better than their fuel....:p

Ultra fast e-charging ? lol really .

At last they see the light but would someone please think of the M7 ? lol

Mickeroo

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Ultra fast e-charging ? lol really .

At last they see the light but would someone please think of the M7 ? lol

I thought Birdhill was on the M7.

Alkers

Mickeroo wrote: »

I thought Birdhill was on the M7.

J27 I think yeah

Mickeroo wrote: »

I thought Birdhill was on the M7.

Balls got me good there, na meant the M9 the one beside me lol.

zg3409

Its a pity they are not mounted like petrol pumps, access able from front and back and sides. I believe these can only charge one car each, but if someone abandons their car you might be able to park on the access road behind and chademo normally disconnects when full, while CCS depend in the car to decide (I think) . They seem very close together. They should at the very least leave room for 2 cars at each charger, if not 4. They don't seem to line up with the spaces, hopefully they will be remarked for EVs with some serious signage to deter ICEing and overstay while charging.

Surely this is just a first venture into private companies charging for electric charging?

I can't imagine this being free by any stretch of the imagination.

jprboy

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Surely this is just a first venture into private companies charging for electric charging?

I can't imagine this being free by any stretch of the imagination.

No, Ionity and EasyGo already up and running in a few sites around the country.

EasyGo charging in LIDL sites is free for now.

zg3409

Deleted User wrote: »

Surely this is just a first venture into private companies charging for electric charging?

I can't imagine this being free by any stretch of the imagination.

Ionity chargers in Ireland are 8 euro for as much juice as you can get, easygo were variable around 8 to 30 euro, but some are free. Esb will really set the fast charger pricing (in the next month) and all others will have to compete or expect their chargers to be quiet.

Lumen

zg3409 wrote: »

Ionity chargers in Ireland are 8 euro for as much juice as you can get, easygo were variable around 8 to 30 euro, but some are free. Esb will really set the fast charger pricing (in the next month) and all others will have to compete or expect their chargers to be quiet.

Can't see ESB undercutting their own customers. Would surely cause competitiveness issues given ESB networks monopoly.

ELM327

Lumen wrote: »

Can't see ESB undercutting their own customers. Would surely cause competitiveness issues given ESB networks monopoly.

ESB ecars =/= esb networks, it's a highly regulated company.
Networks won't see the pricing schemes offered to end users

Mike9832

So what's the story here?

Are Applegreen going to make some announcement?

Are they fitting chargers into all major service stations?

Alkers

Mike9832 wrote: »

So what's the story here?

Are Applegreen going to make some announcement?

Are they fitting chargers into all major service stations?

That was kind of the purpose of the thread...

Mike9832

Alkers wrote: »

That was kind of the purpose of the thread...

I know

Any update?

Bixler3

Looks like CCS & Type 2 leads, don't see Chademo in the picture above?

Silent Running

Bixler3 wrote: »

Looks like CCS & Type 2 leads, don't see Chademo in the picture above?

Those chargers are CCS and Chademo... no AC.

Calahonda52

ELM327 wrote: »

ESB ecars =/= esb networks, it's a highly regulated company.
Networks won't see the pricing schemes offered to end users[/QUOTE]

In Ireland! LOL:D

In any event, what did the regulator decide re whether the e-cars infra structure would be part of the regulated asset base?

ELM327

They bottled it of course and decided it was not part of RAB

liamog

ELM327 wrote: »

They bottled it of course and decided it was not part of RAB

Probably the right decision to be fair. If anything I think the NTA should own them and then contract the operation out to a third party (such as ESB) with SLA's etc.

I'm sure Applegreen wouldn't mind bidding on the ones already at there garages.

ELM327

The path we're going down it won't matter anyway as hopefully the private enterprises will win out.
Ionity and easygo are already doing better than ecars.

Red Silurian

Passed these the other day and topped up, nice that they are still free but tap-to-pay machines were recently installed so not for much longer I'd wager. Be interesting to see their prices when they do come along

kanuseeme

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/111212710#Comment_111212710

Ah the good auld days, ionity 8 euro, ecars free

the_amazing_raisin

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118530048#Comment_118530048

You mean you could pay by just tapping a credit card on the machine instead of fiddling around with an app and trying to register?

That'll never catch on 😂

Red Silurian

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118532437#Comment_118532437

That's the way it works at every charging station in England and they get on fine, think it's the law there? It is cheaper at most of them to register for an account etc though

the_amazing_raisin

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118537895#Comment_118537895

I thought it was only Instavolt, Shell and Gridserve? Most of the others still use RFID cards or apps

Hopefully they make a similar regulation here soon

Red Silurian

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118539403#Comment_118539403

A similar regulation here would be good and would help overall EV sales, especially to an older generation