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Hogging a chargepoint

jerryg

I came across one of the worst cases of Hogging a charge point in Navan today when a person ahead of me in a new Black Nissan Leaf spent 55 minutes on the charger.I have an ev for nearly 3 years and this experience took the biscuit.
I was down to10 percent so I had to wait,
God help us all if we ever have a famine with such selfish people about.
The sooner we have charging for charging the better!

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NSAman

n97 mini wrote: »

Good lad. You're paying for that privilege with between 7x and 10x the fuel costs, higher motor tax, higher servicing costs, and a vastly inferior driving experience. But if it works for you.

Actually I think I'll buy a helicopter.

With petrol at 2.40 a gallon and road tax of 125 a year for me, it makes more sense than an EV currently.

In Ireland, the home charging is the only way to go. Public charging stations simply are not sufficient. Here they have charging stations in all supermarkets, which is fine for city/town driving, but with long haul it simply isn’t an option for most currently.

n97 mini

NSAman wrote: »

Went into a garage todaywas at 10% took 3 minutes to top up..was on the road again... the joys of petrol.

Good lad. You're paying for that privilege with between 7x and 10x the fuel costs, higher motor tax, higher servicing costs, and a vastly inferior driving experience. But if it works for you.

Actually I think I'll buy a helicopter.

n97 mini

liam7831 wrote: »

Oh dear dunno why anyone would torture themselves with one of these before any proper infrastructure is built.

EVs are great if you can charge at home. If you're gonna be reliant on the public infrastructure buy something else. That is, until billing starts. That'll sort out a lot of problems.

NSAman

Went into a garage todaywas at 10% took 3 minutes to top up..was on the road again... the joys of petrol.

liam7831

Oh dear dunno why anyone would torture themselves with one of these before any proper infrastructure is built.

n97 mini

I think we all have anecdotes about public charge points abuse.

My two personal favourites are the woman who left her 2016 red Leaf plugged in for 10 days at the SCP in Tesco Maynooth. She had been left a few notes by others and I just happened to be there when she returned (dropped off with suitcases, looked like she'd been away). She balled up the notes and threw them on the ground.

The other was a woman and her Leaf at the FCP in Longford. Parking at that one is very awkward. I pulled in and noticed she was plugged in but not charging. I had to awkwardly position the car with one wheel on the footpath so the cable would reach. I unplugged her and plugged in my own car. She arrived back 20 minutes later, and was a bit dismayed I'd unplugged her. She said she plugs in every morning for an hour while she walks the dog.

Billing for public charging can happen soon enough.

unkel

Tacklebox wrote: »

How long does it take for a full charge ?

A new model Leaf? From empty to full I'd say maybe 2.5 hours. On a rapid charger

Tacklebox

I was in ennis one day and seen a leaf charging for nearly 3 hour's.
Because I parked near them, and came back and the thing was still plugged in....

TBi

At one fast charger in Cork someone left a kona charging for an hour while they went off to walk their dog. They got very upset with me when i said it was rude.

All i needed was a 10 minute charge to get home...

Atlantic Dawn

There needs to be a €10 an hour charge added once you go an hour charging over full charge, that would police itself.

Tacklebox

unkel wrote: »

55 minutes? That's nothing. The last one I was waiting for was a brand new local Leaf in Blanchardstown that was charging for well over 2 hours (car abandoned). This is probably the second busiest fast charger in Ireland. Some people are just ignorant pricks / imbeciles. The only thing that works is bringing in hefty charges for charging.

How long does it take for a full charge ?

unkel

55 minutes? That's nothing. The last one I was waiting for was a brand new local Leaf in Blanchardstown that was charging for well over 2 hours (car abandoned). This is probably the second busiest fast charger in Ireland. Some people are just ignorant pricks / imbeciles. The only thing that works is bringing in hefty charges for charging.