ESB eCars pricing introduction

McGiver wrote: »

Nope you can't. But it's wrong that you can block any charger for a minute.

So if you did that for whatever reason, at the wrong time, you could start someone else's charge? And pay for it?

All the chargers communicate via the mobile network so if they can "call home" you should have no issue using your mobile at the same location.

Personally I'll use the eCars swipe card if I need to use the network and that card will always be in the car. Just swipe it and away you go, no faffing around with loading apps.

JPA wrote: »

67 kW? Impossible no?

Given that the charger is incapable of delivering 67kw and even if it could, the car is incapable of receiving it, I'd go with impossible too, lol.

I have wondered on this thread before, got no response, so I will wonder again, does anybody from ESB eCars bother to look at this thread, or similar threads on Boards Ireland? Have the moderators ever tried to suggest that they look at them? perhaps they observe 'incognito', I hope so. It would seem an enourmous pity that in 2019 an enterprise such as ESB ecars which is trying to be 'cutting edge' and spending huge new amounts of government funds, did not try to listen to the views of a knowledgeable and, I would say, largely supportive, consumer group such as the people who have signed up to this thread. Moderators, have you tried to invite ESB in? ESB - anybody there?

The posts on this thread over the last 2 or 3 weeks should have been very helpful to ESB, but perhaps they have just been missed. Instead they will soon be sending us all a 'survey monkey' type questionnaire with 4 pre-coded responses to get our views on their new app I suppose.

Now, to get to my gripes with the new online map, in addition to the various suggestions already made on this forum/thread. I have a trip planned in my 40kWh Leaf tomorrow from Belturbet, Co Cavan, to Waterford via Dublin, and back, so I would like to get it right. I have rarely been to Waterford, or down the M9, so this is new territory. I sat tonight to look at the new ecars map to plan my trip. Oh NO! - The new map does NOT GIVE THE EIRCODE for the charge points, why not for hecks sake? In England, most of the charge points have a postcode (which is less specific than an Eircode) and I have found that enourmously helpful. But on the new map, there is no Eircode. OK, perhaps ESB will say that Eircodes are only for buildings, and some car park chargers have no Eircode - that is playing with detail I suggest. Surely all of the Circle K filling stations where many of the CHAdeMO chargers are located have Eircodes?, surely almost all of the car parks or street based chargers are close to a building with an Eircode? Instead, ESB have tried to build in 'directions to charger' on their new map. For the 22kW AC chargers in the Viking Triangle in Waterford that I am heading to tomorrow, I found this pretty unhelpful - "turn in to Merchants Quay, pass two roundabouts and the charger is on your right", surprising that the street address for the charger is Parnell Street, not Merchant's Quay! - Why oh Why could they not have put the EirCode for the building/shop nearest the charger on the map and allowed me to use my own Google Maps on my iPad or whatever to locate it? I will of course do my homework tonight, and use Google Maps to get the Eircodes of the Circle K filling stations and possibly the car park charger near Merchants Quay/Parnell Street, Waterford, - but why should I have to do that?

Next little gripe, might sound trivial, but if the new map wants to be up -to date and simple, particularly perhaps for ecar owning tourists to Ireland (are there any? I suspect they will be coming, at least the Norwegians!), why oh why do they stiill, in Novermber 2019, on their new map refer to the location of their chargers as Circle K/Topaz filling station? Wikipedia says "In June 2018, The Topaz brand was replaced by Circle K", THE BRAND CHANGED 18 MONTHS AGO GUYS - WHY IS ESB THE ONLY ONE CONTINUING TO PROMOTE THE OBSOLETE BRAND? - IS THIS WHAT CIRCLE K WANTS?

I think there are 10 or 50 or 200 real users of e-cars and users of the ESB charging stations contributing to this and similar threads, and all of them would love to contribute their experiences and practical suggestions. Is ESB listening?

Northumberland wrote: »

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If you select the charge point in the map, you can then select Google maps which will give you directions straight there.

DrPhilG wrote: »

No

Ok, so are we all OK with that? I get the sense that ESB e-cars is using public money, and it would seem to me that we are a fairly well informed and well experienced sub-set of the public, so are we just going to sit back and say- too bad, ESB is not tuned in, too bad?

Black_Knight wrote: »

Re: topaz/circleK rant

Why not? I hear people mention "statoil" when they reference older stations which would of for a long time been known as statoil. Its familiar and it might just help someone when trying to find a charging station.

Not like I've visited many petrol stations in the last year. Giving me the old name could be helpful.

Indeed, always useful.