The key elements include six high speed charging hubs on motorways capable of charging eight vehicles simultaneously; 16 high speed charging hubs capable of charging four vehicles simultaneously; additional high power chargers at 34 current 50 kW locations; upgrading over 50 22 kW chargers to 50 kW, and replacing up to 264 locations with 528 charge points at the pre-existing pilot grade of 22 kW to next generation high reliability models.
MJohnston wrote: » Here's the thing about front-facing ports — you can still reach them with a traditionally laid out petrol pump-style charger placement. But it's a lot more difficult to reach back-right or back-left ports with a charger placed at the front of a parking space. It's truly idiotic that ESB keep placing their charging stations like this.
ELM327 wrote: » Etron has one DC port, which is too far back from the front and too far forward from the back. The two AC ports work well as an idea.
unkel wrote: » I only hope you are joking Tesla buyers are so backwards that you have to make the car fit to whatever things they are used to from their previous cars? Maybe Musk should forget about self driving and concentrate on putting in more cassette players then
Orebro wrote: » But back to your point - why would the front of the car not be the optimal place to put a charge port? For home the front is definitely best, front better for on street charging (as you can park in the direction you're travelling in then instead of sometimes having to get the car facing the other way), and I can see it being best for rapids too?
slave1 wrote: » No just eCars, I used EasyGo yesterday, the stall to the left was taken with a model 3 and I did my absolute best to get as close as possible to the charger on the right but with the charge port of the S on the rear left and the CCS cable on the opposite side of the charger I had to stretch to the limit to get it connected, not a mm to spare!
markpb wrote: » I had the same problem at Circle K Dublin Airport. The forward space is a pain to get into because of the concrete plinth and the cable is barely long enough to reach from the unit around the back and side of my car. The rear space is completely unusable unless you U-turn in a one-way road and park facing the wrong way. I know getting FCPs installed isn't easy and anywhere is better than no-where but this site is a complete pain.
innrain wrote: » I knew Kerry is a black spot for the EVs but didn't know it is so grey
MJohnston wrote: » New ESB AC (up to 22kW) pricing from August 10th: 26.8c per kWh on PAYG 23c per kWh on the subscription plan
Black_Knight wrote: » And none of ye believed me.
MJohnston wrote: » Here's a weird thing - the email from ESB says that the pricing we've had up to now is for >44kW chargers. And that this new pricing will apply to "up to 22kW" chargers. So what about AC43?
Gumbo wrote: » Just got the email now. This will be the death of the AC points in general. Paying for charging on top of paying for parking in Dublin means they won’t be used at all. Financially not worth it.
slave1 wrote: » Currently no time limits mentioned in the email but may change in the future. I'm glad, takes the stress out of the big battery guys charging on those brand spanking new, state of the art, ultra reliable, modern 2kW charger "upgrade"
ELM327 wrote: » 43AC is the same as the DC charger rate. Can see a lot of zoes using the 22kW SCPs now. 23c is not bad tbh. No time limits I presume (havent received the email), and only 6c over base day rate
Cyrus wrote: » sorry ive seen this mentioned a lot but i dont understand it, what are the 2kw chargers?
KCross wrote: » It had to be above the standard home day rate to stop freeloaders and that is typically around 20c before discounts.... so 23c seems reasonable on that basis. It will certainly free them up for people who need them rather than locals who just dont want to pay for a charge point or want free electricity. The glory days of cheap charging are now over.
blue chuzzle wrote: » how can they think its ok to charge so much for slow charging? this is supposed to be a public service, not a way of extorting cash from people with no choice. the second table of calculations they put in showing someone charging mostly at home on a night rate and some time on esb chargers is so tone-deaf. do they think everyone with an electric car must have a driveway? why dont they at least have a night-rate on the chargers? its not relevant how much charging at home costs, all that's relevant is that they are charging through the roof for public charging. i haven't used the "fast" chargers many times but to call them >44kw is a joke. their focus on replacing existing chargers with newer chargers to increase reliability is wrong-headed as well. if they have 2 chargers that are 95% reliable don't replace them with 2 new chargers that are 98% reliable, add the 2 new chargers and leave the old ones there! 4 chargers that are 96.5% reliable is much more useful for people. even the formatting of the email to tell us about this was all over the place
Black_Knight wrote: » 23c + the subscription fee. Does little for those without home chargers really. Expensive EVs and uneconomical in terms of running costs savings. Does the subscription fee make much sense for anyone with a home charger? Seems like a lot of miles (and thus the need for AC charging) to be worth it.
Black_Knight wrote: » Does the subscription fee make much sense for anyone with a home charger? Seems like a lot of miles (and thus the need for AC charging) to be worth it.
eagerv wrote: » Well I am all for charging for the AC charge points, even though the few times we have used in the past few months there has never been a problem with availability. (South East) Where we regularly shop in Waterford most parking fees are around €1.8/hour at convenient places, but parking free for charging EVs. So might as well get 7kWh/hour when shopping and break even.:)
ELM327 wrote: » If I want the charge for the free parking, I'll set the car to charge at 5a single phase so it's actively charging but doesnt take on much.
