Ionity charging network

ELM327 wrote: »

Just tried there and got trhe "registration failed"

I registered using Android app and bank account from N26, which is Germany based. Maybe that helps.

Maingau card just arrived in the post - Now I just need to buy a CCS enabled car (Model 3 ahem )

Somebody asked earlier, does anybody know when the Kill Ionity chargers are expected to open ?

I drove Dublin to Cork yesterday and pulled in for a nose .
The one I pulled in at is designated Kill North I assume .
There is a truck section in the corner , in there there is a plot of ground dug up with a fence around it . No further progress was evident.
No fresh concrete structure for transformers that I could see , eg in cashel this is like a small concrete shed .
So I’d guess kill north will be june or July.

Looking across while driving past kill south you coujd see the new concrete transformer shelters , with doors open .
No sign of charging units , but I was looking across quickly while driving ..
So kill south looks like it will open long before kill North.
Maybe someone passing can call in for a nose around .
At a guess fro watching cashel I’d say 2-3 weeks more for kill south then a long wait for Kill North

So look like Ionity came out and said it:

https://bit.ly/2SaBOvS?fbclid=IwAR1Ml1K3TPducpvXwXO2-l2UQpuxyHrPh8NcgvrIMFWTxBbhjUXFNsG-Ndc

In fact, the "teslars" had become his frequent visitors, when ionity offered the service with the initial flat rate of 8 euros per recharge. In Superchargers, 8 euros allow a maximum of 25-26 kWh of recharge, while with Ionity the owner of a "long range" Tesla could forfeit up to 100 kWh. Thus we witnessed the paradox of a service provided at a loss by the Germans also in favor of their main, and more energetic, American competitor. A “gift” that Ionity still reserves today to the customers of the partner houses through the agreements: Charging Service of the Audi e-tron, the me Charge of Mercedes, the ChargeNow of BMW, the Charging Service of Porsche and the WeCharge of Volkswagen. On the contrary: Ionity makes it known that it is open to agreements with other MSPs. For all these programs, the rates applied by Ionity are around 30 cents per kWh .

They are just doing the same that Tesla did, Tesla or any other Manufacturer are free to give you a card and pay half of your usage if they want (or pass on the cost to the customer)

I charged this evening at Ionity Citynorth with a Model 3 SR+ ~50% full. CCS station 2 gave me only 30kW. Called support and moved to CCS 1...where I got 41kW.

I gave up and headed further along the road. But they were pretty quick in issuing the bill. €1.86 inc VAT for 2.357 kWh provided at best at 41kW.

If you want higher charging speeds during colder weather the consensus seems to be, “hammer it” to your charge point if possible to get your battery up to a decent temperature and arrive with a lower SOC. Plugging in with a cold battery and higher SOC will only give you lower charging speeds.

Irishjg wrote: »

If you want higher charging speeds during colder weather the consensus seems to be, “hammer it” to your charge point

Yes, but also regen braking and stay off the friction brakes.

Try to focus more on optimal battery temp rather that the actual air temperature. The car doesn’t care what the air temperature is. The battery temp and battery SOC are what determines the charging rates.

Irishjg wrote: »

Yes true but you won’t get much regen travelling on the main routes heading to an Ionity or equivalent unfortunately.

I dunno. The Gorey interchange has a set of linked mini roundabouts that ought to do the trick.

Irishjg wrote: »

If you want higher charging speeds during colder weather the consensus seems to be, “hammer it” to your charge point if possible to get your battery up to a decent temperature and arrive with a lower SOC. Plugging in with a cold battery and higher SOC will only give you lower charging speeds.

I did. I would have hit 160km/h on the way there and was driving for over an hour at motorway speed. The car should have been warmed up.

September1 wrote: »

Ignore my previous post about eins - it seems price is now 83c/kWh using this provider, so not much improvement over Ionity app price.
Chargepoint still shows price of 742c/session - I guess it will take time for this recent price rise to filter out to providers.

Maingau is still working at 40c this morning

Would be best fi people stopped posting it! I hope they stay at 7.42