Random EV thoughts.....

You'll just have to get both then 😁

not sure, havent been in a model Y, i would imagine so.

They have a bit of a bad rep in Ireland anyway, and I think a lot of the caravanning tourist traffic from the UK has dried up because of Brexit/Covid

I suspect that cheap holiday homes and Airbnb has had a major impact as well, why bring a caravan to a campsite in the middle of nowhere when you can rent a nice cottage or a mobile home?

Plus with fuel prices as they are, can't imagine caravanning is exactly a budget holiday these days

They make an offroadish buggy based on electric golf cart. It has a towbar for trailer and lugging extra cargo. It has a cargo box on rear. It uses fairly standard lead based batteries. Very rugged intended for all day use at coastal golf courses.

No idea of prices. Irish dealers with decades of sales and support, 3 pin charging.

I drove one for years up hills and towed luggage. Worked great. I assume it's 2 wheel drive but unsure. Low voltage system maybe 96 volt. Terribly simple. Similar to electric forklifts.

Yeah probably are chancing their arms, some are now looking for 23k+ for 2018 Leafs.

That looks interesting.

Website is very confusing and I cannot see an option to see the prices with the larger battery pack

What about DoT? They are those in a very bad light. What were their policies to encourage the take up so far? I feel it is very late for such a focus group. At this stage they should ask the question "How are our policies working?". Anyway much has been discussed already but with the right policies it wouldn't matter if ecars are lousy or not. The thing is gov couldn't care less bar some press releases and the results are visible. Iceland has more DC chargers than us and probably Reykjavik will have a metro before Dublin.

Department of Transport, Transport Infrastructure Ireland, National Transport Authority, Department of Environment, Climate Action Plan, Climate Action Fund, state-owned ESB. Setting up OLEV.

Option 1. Do very little and set up OZEV in 2030.

Option 2. Mass. Is there anything to be said for saying another mass.

It is for efficiency. There are ways of changing that. Tesla aero are removable covers for example.

As an EV driver I need to use the public charging network from time to time. West Dublin is a disaster with queues at all 50kW+ chargers on a Sunday morning. One charger had 4 cars, one charging. Now Blanchardstown was out if action for weeks due to upgrades, but even then all chargers near Dublin airport at full all day with new EV Taxis filling up. As an EV owner I advise others to not buy an EV until public charging improves and there is no sign of that happening as ratio of chargers to cars is getting worse. We need 3 times as many 50kW+ chargers now, far more for the needs of future years. NI is a total disaster with 50kW chargers broken for years, some no CCS. Having to queue for an unknown amount of time, while the car charging is unoccupied, takes the shine off your day and car type decision.

Those look hilariously useless. They won’t even do anything for the units, never mind the users.

Anyone on here got 2 EV/PHEV in the household?

Wondering how you handle charging?

Do you have 2 chargers? Or do they share a charger?

You can load share 2 chargers, if you set timers right one car will get priority. Actual suitability depends on cars and miles covered per day. You won't get the grant for second charger so most granny charge second car will less needs. If you have night rate you need to set timers in car and granny charging only puts in about 2kW per hour, so you may get limited energy overnight.