Random EV thoughts.....

Let's not encourage more drivers into Salthill at the weekends....=;-)

ELM327 wrote: »

There was a yearly dublin - cork - dublin rally before covid in the IEVOA

I was thinking after covid we should do a boardsies EV owners rally/meetup/argument over the 1 available ESB charger

the_amazing_raisin wrote: »

if you can make it out of NI without using any of the dodgy chargers there

How are they dodgy?

DrPhilG wrote: »

They don't flippin work!

Or there's been a car plugged into the DC charger for the past 11 hours :rolleyes:

I actually doubt this happens very often, but there only needs to be a few offenders to make life a nuisance

DrPhilG wrote: »

They don't flippin work!

Ah ok, as if the North and North West charging map wasn't already empty enough!!

electricus wrote: »

Ah ok, as if the North and North West charging map wasn't already empty enough!!

50% of chargers in NI don't work and many are chademo only. No investment for years

colhickey wrote: »

Just curious, have anyone of you ever run out of charge, and if so, what did you do to get out of the situation?

Did you get towed (that's an issue for an EV, isn't it?), ring roadside assistance (what are they capable of doing for you in this situation), or is there some better way of handling it?

Just wondering as I am a new convert to EV (picked up the ID4 at the end of March) and it obviously could easily happen with public chargers not working etc.

150k+ km of EV driving and never ran out.
Same as I never ran out of petrol.

Ity's not hard

colhickey wrote: »

Just curious, have anyone of you ever run out of charge, and if so, what did you do to get out of the situation?

Did you get towed (that's an issue for an EV, isn't it?), ring roadside assistance (what are they capable of doing for you in this situation), or is there some better way of handling it?

Just wondering as I am a new convert to EV (picked up the ID4 at the end of March) and it obviously could easily happen with public chargers not working etc.

Nope, never ran out, closest ver came was down to 8% in my Leaf and there were several chargers along the way, so I had options if I decided to bail

Probably the worst experience was travelling back from Dunleer, we had to depend on the (now defunt) DC charger in Lidl in Drogheda. Arrived and there was an E-Tron and I-Pace parked there already. Literally the perfect storm of charging queues and I didn't have enough to make the next charger

Worst part was if I'd gone 5 mins North of Dunleer I'd have 2 chargers at Castlebellingham

Thankfully there's more chargers en route and the ID.4 will make that journey anyway

As to what you do if you run out, same thing as an ICE car, you ring for a tow

Most EVs needs to go on a flatbed because the motor can't disengage and you'll start backfeeding the electronics

The ID.4 can be towed on it's wheels slowly for a short distance, but you should get a tow truck if you can

I don't think it's any easier to run out in an EV than an ICE car. People tend to fuel up their car before it gets critically low on fuel, same goes for an EV, once you're below 30%, find a charger. If it's broken or there's a massive queue then you'll have enough to get to the next charger

Busman Paddy Lasty wrote: »

Petrol you say, have you ever ran out of diesel though?

NO, but when I had diesel cars I used to run them on agri and/or kero, so I always had drums of it at the house!

colhickey wrote: »

Just curious, have anyone of you ever run out of charge, and if so, what did you do to get out of the situation?

Did you get towed (that's an issue for an EV, isn't it?), ring roadside assistance (what are they capable of doing for you in this situation), or is there some better way of handling it?

Just wondering as I am a new convert to EV (picked up the ID4 at the end of March) and it obviously could easily happen with public chargers not working etc.

I have never run out. Closest I came was on a run across the UK in the Ioniq. 1am on a cold wet M4, my planned charge point wouldn't start a charge. No problem, on to my back-up charge point.... faulty. OK, on to my hail Mary charge point. I arrived with 12km range and guess what... also faulty. Thanks Ecotricity!

The nearest charging station was 20 kms away, and was actually marked as faulty on Zapmap. I decided to try to make it, as it was a motorway service area and a decent place to wait for the flatbed.

So, heating off, 60 kph on the motorway, pissing rain, so wipers on. Windows open a bit to try to keep the screen clear without using the fan. Thinking that getting to the ferry at 2:45 was off the cards, we got to the services with zero range.

The Charge point was alive! Thinking that it wouldn't start a charge, I plugged in anyway. The charge started fine and ran for 20 minutes before stopping. Grand, enough to get to the next charge point. But, I started it again and it ran for another 20 minutes.... and again.

I got to the ferry no problem. Don't you love a happy ending?

KCross wrote: »

Shoulda bought a REx.... oh wait! :pac:

Ah I'm not that bad, this was in 2016 when I was in a 24kWh Leaf.

Was parked beside a Tesla 3 at the supermarket earlier, smaller than I thought

RandomViewer wrote: »

Was parked beside a Tesla 3 at the supermarket earlier, smaller than I thought

Have one and a 3 series, very similar size. More storage space in the Tesla

Zoe, some tesla S, mercedes B class EV, Smart EV and a couple of others (I think Taycan and Etron have it coming soon)

Others can charge at 16a three phase (so 11kW) and this seems standard for most new EVs except the ipace (and of course the nissan leaf which is still largely based on the 2013 drivetrain)