McGiver wrote: » Yes, but what stops you from unplugging it from the car. If I see car is not charging and connector available I unplug it if no one's around.
MJohnston wrote: Nothing stopping that, but you’d be really lucky to find somewhere to put your car where the charging cable would actually reach it.
tom_tarbucket wrote: I think so yeah. See attached. Showing as ‘offline’
tom_tarbucket wrote: » downloaded the app now, looked for the 22kw charger near me. says both offline. is this a bug etc? passed by earlier and seen 2 cars charging Edit: drove down as was curious. Did these steps; Opened app on iPhone (logged in etc) Not intuitive where to go then (for me anyway) Clicked on menu > favourites and recent Found the station I was at. Brings up the 2 x 22kw chargers Not sure which one applies to ‘left side’ or ‘right side’ of the physical box. Clicked on one And just says offline. (Even though it says ‘ready for charging’ on the physical box) In the ideal world and if these were 'online', would I then ‘swipe’ my phone against the physical box to open one of the flaps so that I can plug in.
charlieIRL wrote: » Bit of a "how long is a piece of string" question but does anyone know if the FCP in Lucan Shopping Centre is generally busy or not? I have to use the eGolf to go to a soccer match in Kimmage, Dublin on Sunday as herself needs her own car (and won't drive mine) and with the cold weather and <150kms range, I'll need to charge it on the way up and back. Really dreading it to be honest. My route with a Better Route Planner has me leaving Athlone and stopping in Lucan Shopping Centre for 25 mins, charging from 23% to 66% (i might stay till 80% if there's nobody else waiting to use the charger) then heading to the soccer pitch and then stopping at EasyGo in Kinnegad plaza on the way home.
MJohnston wrote: » The new ecars app shows a "peak time" graph for each CP that should help you figure out what time might work best. Main problem with the graph is it doesn't separate out weekday and weekend averages, as I think those could be drastically different.
Dardania wrote: » What's your fallback if the Lucan FCP is busy? Enfield?
AhHaor wrote: » There's always Templeville Road, Templeogue. It used to be so busy with local freeloaders, and since charging it's far less busy.
charlieIRL wrote: » If I top up at the Kinnegad Plaza on the way up and get to 80%, I'd be leaving Kimmage with 35% left (supposidly according to a better route planner). In the settings I put in 5 km/kWh at 110 kmh and max speed of 110kph but i fear that might be a bit optimistic with the cold conditions out there and mostly motorway. When I set it back to 3.5 it says I've to charge 4 times to do the 273 kms trip. :mad: From Athlone to Kimmage I need to stop once but I've to stop 3 times on the way home? Can't figure it out. if it's going to take all day to go up and down we may as well forget it.
Mike9832 wrote: » With the troubles you have Charlie I'd get out one of thesehttps://www.amazon.co.uk/Hyundai-Equipment-Portable-Generator-Lightweight/dp/B08252PVG7/ref=asc_df_B08252PVG7/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=399560662311&hvpos=1o9&hvnetw=g&hvrand=9622730466178213739&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=20485&hvtargid=aud-543776533562:pla-846769868109&psc=1&tag=&ref=&adgrpid=84809710683&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvadid=399560662311&hvpos=1o9&hvnetw=g&hvrand=9622730466178213739&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=20485&hvtargid=aud-543776533562:pla-846769868109
charlieIRL wrote: » :D:D I'm being very unfair on my car. Monday to Friday and work commute, my car is absolutely perfect. Odd saturday is fun trying to schedule a charge on the road because I coach a soccer team and have to plan my trip to away games a bit better now. Sundays if the trip is tight on time - we bring the ICE. I love driving it, love owning it but would love a few more kms range!!
Mike9832 wrote: » A 30km pluggin hybrid like a Golf GTE would suit me alot better than an a 150km eGolf
Mike9832 wrote: » Was going to ask you that, are you happy with it Whats your daily commute? I might have similar situation to you, Mon - Fri small commute, but weekends often do long family 150km each way trips and if the young fella is sleeping I try not to stop A 30km pluggin hybrid like a Golf GTE would suit me alot better than an a 150km eGolf
Kramer wrote: » Get a 530e M-Sport from the UK so - 30km to 45km electric range, 250+bhp, 0-60 in 6 seconds (less easily) & as cheap as chips from the UK . Or the Dacia.....
ELM327 wrote: » The merc/bmw phevs with 100km range are a good idea for you
charlieIRL wrote: » I do actually love it, super car which i'm still figuring out the , after 10-11 weeks I still look for an excuse to go out and drive it! My commute, every second week ( i share driving) is 18kms on 80kph roads and through athlone dropping kids to school, then few more town kms to Motorway which i travel 16kms and off to Tullamore via Clara. Total circa 55kms. Route home is Tullamore to Clara @ 80kmh (traffic) and then motorway to Athlone and 8kms of 80kph road home. Round trip approximately 110kms When I don't drive to work its a drop off to school and park nearby, 15kms each way and all 80kph / town roads. Saturdays i could be anywhere in the midlands with the furthest trip away is Kinnegad so I use the EasyGo there so i charge on the way home. Its a 150kms round trip and I managed it & a few drop off's on one charge in October when it was 10 degrees outside (178ks total) but not in the cold air. Sundays, I could be anywhere!!! My oldest plays senior soccer so few longer trips for that. We also spend a bit of time in Strandhill & Enniscrone so no chance of even bringing a Tesla on that trip!
Mike9832 wrote: » You make pretty good use of the eGolf then, it's probably a bit too much km for a Golf GTE, unless it had 15kWh battery like newer phev's coming
MJohnston wrote: » Cpinfo.ie is also pretty useful for figuring this out (wish they'd include a peak time graph on their site)
KCross wrote: » Im not sure I'd trust that site at this point in time. I dont think it has been updated since pricing came in(and the API's changed) and I think its producing inaccurate data in the same way that the eCars app was inaccurate until they updated it yesterday.
Black_Knight wrote: » I've a trip to Galway this weekend. Was looking at ABRP for my trip. I like to arrive at a charger with ~20% battery, in case I need to divert to the next charger. Given my details, ABRP had me bypassing my destination in order to charge from 19% to 81%, just so I arrived at my destination/waypoint with more than 20%. Regardless of ABRP, i'll likely always charge to 80% when fast charging. Saves the range anxiety.
