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Details from the dail on the eCars €10,000,000 expansion programme.

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.

https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2019-01-24/10/?fbclid=IwAR1eGLQjNFuywCoaB__FJADns7gNOD09DaR9XLueHAKZ8vljfd-kL-_LpDs

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innrain

dave oc wrote: »

I used an esb charging point for the first time today in Pavilions SC in Swords, just to try out an esb charger before I really need one in a hurry. Charged using the card for 55 mins (about 10kWh).

When I check the app it shows the charge session correctly but with a cost of €0. Is there some delay with the cost getting updated here? Or did I manage to get a free charge? My account is just a basic prepay one with some credit on it.

I think you're onto something. My last session is also zero cost for 10kWh. Checked the app and on the AC chargers appears "variable rates" where the cost used to be. Must be a feature of the new server upgrade 😊

the_amazing_raisin

dave oc wrote: »

I unplugged the cable from the car first, and was then able to unplug the cable from the charger. It was my first time using esb (and I was in a bit of a rush) so wasn’t exactly sure what to do. I just kept it simple and tried unplugging.

You'll be grand, it'll take payment (or not in your case) once the charging session completes

For rapid chargers you'll definitely have to tap your card and stop the charger if it's still running. The plug locks in place during a charging session to stop it being accidentally removed and causing an arc which might damage the pins

dave oc

I unplugged the cable from the car first, and was then able to unplug the cable from the charger. It was my first time using esb (and I was in a bit of a rush) so wasn’t exactly sure what to do. I just kept it simple and tried unplugging.

kennethsmyth

dave oc wrote: »

Didn’t get an email at the end, only when it started. Looks like a free charge so I just pulled the cable out before leaving, wasn’t sure if I needed to do something on the unit to finish.

Not sure if you need to tap card on those ones in the pavilions to leave, however I'll be there tomorrow and check.

the_amazing_raisin

dave oc wrote: »

Didn’t get an email at the end, only when it started. Looks like a free charge so I just pulled the cable out before leaving, wasn’t sure if I needed to do something on the unit to finish.

On some of the units you need to validate the card to unlock the cable if it's still charging. I guess they must unlock when the car is full

Sounds like you got a freebie, DO NOT report it, you might have hatched upon free charging

I think some of the units go to free vend when they can't contact ESB. In the multistorey in pavilions the signal is rubbish so it's quite possible the chargers will be out of contact

Unfortunately it isn't consistent that they go free vend, AFAIK most of the units won't let anyone charge if they lose their connection

dave oc

kennethsmyth wrote: »

Did you get an email when it ended with cost? If not or it shows zero you just got a free one!

Didn’t get an email at the end, only when it started. Looks like a free charge so

I just pulled the cable out before leaving, wasn’t sure if I needed to do something on the unit to finish.

kennethsmyth

dave oc wrote: »

I used an esb charging point for the first time today in Pavilions SC in Swords, just to try out an esb charger before I really need one in a hurry. Charged using the card for 55 mins (about 10kWh).

When I check the app it shows the charge session correctly but with a cost of €0. Is there some delay with the cost getting updated here? Or did I manage to get a free charge? My account is just a basic prepay one with some credit on it.

Did you get an email when it ended with cost? If not or it shows zero you just got a free one!

dave oc

I used an esb charging point for the first time today in Pavilions SC in Swords, just to try out an esb charger before I really need one in a hurry. Charged using the card for 55 mins (about 10kWh).

When I check the app it shows the charge session correctly but with a cost of €0. Is there some delay with the cost getting updated here? Or did I manage to get a free charge?

My account is just a basic prepay one with some credit on it.

the_amazing_raisin

hold my beer wrote: »

How long would it take to charge an ID4 1st on a 350kW plug

It maxes out at 125kW so same time as a 150kW charger. I think 10-80% takes about 35 mins at max speed

hold my beer

How long would it take to charge an ID4 1st on a 350kW plug

Black_Knight

cannco253 wrote: »

Is J14 Mayfield still in testing or fully operational now - are there still issues with the new chargers?

Might be passing that way tomorrow so would be good to know if anyone has successfully charged there on the 200/350 kW units in the last few days.

They're still free, so still in testing. From my stats I can see they're in heavy use today. All 3 350kW were in use at the same time at one stage.

The 200kW plugs seems less reliable. It's been unavailable quite a bit today. Perhaps a glitch when the 350kW is being used at the same time.

cannco253

Is J14 Mayfield still in testing or fully operational now - are there still issues with the new chargers?

Might be passing that way tomorrow so would be good to know if anyone has successfully charged there on the 200/350 kW units in the last few days.

Kramer

Black_Knight wrote: »

Does anyone want to speculate what the new ecars app will bring?

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

The map will allow you to toggle between satellite and regular map view…..

To be fair to eCars, Tesla charge you a €9.99 per month subscription for that :P.

Black_Knight

innrain wrote: »

But i thought we got it yesterday.

Is it not this one?

the changelog says "server upgrade" so i think that this is. I can see the icon for the filter yellow in the homepage if you filter out something. I'm pretty sure it was a black before.

Are you expecting something else?

Thought so about the filter icon too, though I can't say I use the app all that often.

innrain

Black_Knight wrote: »

Does anyone want to speculate what the new ecars app will bring?
Plug and play charging?
Reserving chargers?
Filter by speed of fast chargers?
Better reporting of units (categorised rather than the current free form reporting)?

Or...
Nothing at all.

But i thought we got it yesterday.

Is it not this one?
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the changelog says "server upgrade" so i think that this is. I can see the icon for the filter yellow in the homepage if you filter out something. I'm pretty sure it was a black before.

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Are you expecting something else?

markpb

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

The map will allow you to toggle between satellite and regular map view…..

Be still my beating heart!

AndyBoBandy

The map will allow you to toggle between satellite and regular map view…..

Black_Knight

Does anyone want to speculate what the new ecars app will bring?
Plug and play charging?
Reserving chargers?
Filter by speed of fast chargers?
Better reporting of units (categorised rather than the current free form reporting)?

Or...
Nothing at all.

Orebro

innrain wrote: »

That one has a really bad reputation on plugshare albeit the last checkin is from February.
I might have to do a longish drive this week (finally) and I was trying to get myself acquainted with the chargers on the Dublin - Enniscorty - Cork - Dublin route

So glad I don't have to use that one anymore, was always a gamble on whether it would work or not.

Black_Knight

cannco253 wrote: »

Black Knight, are you able to see what eCars stats are on broken or faulty chargers at any given time?
How long is it taking them to get chargers back working from the time the are marked as offline?

Technically yes. Practically, ugh.

You'd be surprised how often units go into UNAVAILABLE, OFFLINE, FAULTED state. Mostly only briefly, but it happens more often than you'd imagine.

It's an interesting one though. I guess I could try pull (from my data) where a unit has been in an OFFLINE or FAULTED state for more than 15 minutes and get a metric for mean time to recovery. Sounds more trivial than it would be I fear. I'll have a think about that when i'm expanding out http://test.ecars-stats.com/ with "unavailable" heatmaps/summaries.

As for what units are faulted at any given time, yeah, that's trivial. Below is the faulted/offline/unavailable units in the last 5 minutes.

2021-06-21 16:19:22|Car Park beside ESB Offices, Abbeyleix Road, Portlaoise, Laois|TYPE_2_TETHERED|5
2021-06-21 16:19:22|Car Park beside ESB Offices, Abbeyleix Road, Portlaoise, Laois|TYPE_4_CHADEMO|5
2021-06-21 16:19:22|Car Park beside ESB Offices, Abbeyleix Road, Portlaoise, Laois|TYPE_COMBO_GERMANY|5
2021-06-21 16:19:22|Circle K Service Station, Castlemaine Street, Athlone, Westmeath|TYPE_2_TETHERED|5
2021-06-21 16:19:22|Circle K Service Station, M7 Junction 23 (Barack Obama Plaza), Tipperary|TYPE_2_TETHERED|5
2021-06-21 16:19:22|Donnelly's Garage, 57 Moy Road, Dungannon, Tyrone|TYPE_2_TETHERED|5
2021-06-21 16:19:22|Donnelly's Garage, 57 Moy Road, Dungannon, Tyrone|TYPE_4_CHADEMO|5
2021-06-21 16:19:22|Donnelly's Garage, 57 Moy Road, Dungannon, Tyrone|TYPE_COMBO_GERMANY|5
2021-06-21 16:19:22|Five Ways Shops & Texaco Service Station, 101 Armagh Road, Newry, Down|TYPE_4_CHADEMO|5
2021-06-21 16:19:22|Fort Service Station, 234 Shore Road, Belfast, Antrim|TYPE_4_CHADEMO|5
2021-06-21 16:19:22|Fort Service Station, 234 Shore Road, Belfast, Antrim|TYPE_COMBO_GERMANY|5
2021-06-21 16:19:22|Kee's Circle K Service Station, N15-R232 Junction, Laghey, Donegal|TYPE_2_TETHERED|5
2021-06-21 16:19:22|Marian Hall Car Park, Off William Street, Birr, Offaly|TYPE_COMBO_GERMANY|5
2021-06-21 16:19:22|Park Pointe Shopping Centre, Glenageary Road Upper, Dun Laoghaire, Dublin|TYPE_4_CHADEMO|5
2021-06-21 16:19:22|Park Pointe Shopping Centre, Glenageary Road Upper, Dun Laoghaire, Dublin|TYPE_COMBO_GERMANY|5
2021-06-21 16:19:22|Sprucefield Shopping Centre, Off Lisburn-Hillsborough Road (A1 & M1), Hillsborough, Down|TYPE_2_TETHERED|5
2021-06-21 16:19:22|Texaco, Junction One Shopping Centre, Ballymena Road, Antrim, Antrim|TYPE_4_CHADEMO|5
2021-06-21 16:19:22|Trory Circle K Filling Station, 236 Irvinestown Road, Enniskillen, Fermanagh|TYPE_4_CHADEMO|5

Kramer

Black_Knight wrote: »

I'd say if you rang them up they'd have rebooted it and got it working.

TheWonderLlama wrote: »

ah the AC was fine, I wandered around the town for a couple of hours. But i would have been a bit annoyed if I needed to charge quickly.

The problem with that is if someone arrived just after you left for your few hours & needed a DC charge. eCars wouldn't reboot the unit once you were charging on AC, so they would have been fresh out of luck.
That's the way it used to be anyway.

Also many of these upgraded DC chargers are in car parks with single spaces & a car hooked up to the AC for hours physically blocks access to the DC connectors.

liamog

It seems like it remembers my filter choice now

the_amazing_raisin

ethernet wrote: »

Got an update on iOS yesterday. Version 6219.1.
Changelog: "Minor bug fixes and server upgrade"

Coming soon: version 6220
Changelog: "This one works" :pac:

colhickey

Got the Android update yesterday. Same changelog content.

ethernet

zg3409 wrote: »

I don't see the new app expected to be launched today on android after the updates yesterday. Anyone see any updates on android or iPhone?

Got an update on iOS yesterday. Version 6219.1.
Changelog: "Minor bug fixes and server upgrade"

zg3409

I don't see the new app expected to be launched today on android after the updates yesterday. Anyone see any updates on android or iPhone?

AndyBoBandy

innrain wrote: »

That one has a really bad reputation on plugshare albeit the last checkin is from February.

That would have been me....

I don't do a whole lot of checking anymore, but when an issue is encountered, I believe its important to check in and flag it...

innrain

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

The 1 day I had to rely on eCars for a long trip down to Cork and back in February, the 2nd eCars charge I needed was at Rochestown and teh unit wouldn't start the charge..... so it was panic stations.. Called them up and the guy reset the unit and all in about 10 minutes later the car was charging....

That one has a really bad reputation on plugshare albeit the last checkin is from February.
I might have to do a longish drive this week (finally) and I was trying to get myself acquainted with the chargers on the Dublin - Enniscorty - Cork - Dublin route

AndyBoBandy

TheWonderLlama wrote: »

would have never thought of calling them, must do that next time to see if they can help.

The 1 day I had to rely on eCars for a long trip down to Cork and back in February, the 2nd eCars charge I needed was at Rochestown and teh unit wouldn't start the charge..... so it was panic stations.. Called them up and the guy reset the unit and all in about 10 minutes later the car was charging....

cannco253

Black Knight, are you able to see what eCars stats are on broken or faulty chargers at any given time?
How long is it taking them to get chargers back working from the time the are marked as offline?