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.
Surely they'll put it in a different spot? maybe over towards the hotel?
I used it once and it was a really awkward place to put a charger!! It was bucketing down too which made it more awkward being unfamiliar with it.
No activity since Friday from what I see. Unit removed, dug up area is now relayed with fresh tarmac. I don't see a second mount point for a 2nd unit, nor is there much room for one anyways.
Anna is on PTO
Great to see some new doubled up DC chargers finally happening. The next step hopefully is that the sites currently with close to 100% utilisation will get more units installed.
Hold on, did ESB just put a pair of HPCs in a location that is semi useful for someone driving around the west of Ireland?
That 1 competent dude in ESB must be up to his old tricks again 😂
This charger was always a bit strange. Even before drivzz map there was the case the charger was working for some when offline. Probably a setup similar with the AC units which would remember the card if it was used there before. I wonder @loopymum if you can see your charging session on the bill. BTW we discussed on this thread that the map on ecars is bonkers. Go back to pages 170-171. I don't have an explanation of why it happens but don't rely on the color of the charger on the map or the nearby recommended on the home page of the app. You need to drill down into the specific charger page and see if someone is actually charging or not. Because the map will tell you that is in use when it is not, that it is free when someone charging, that it is unavailable (red) when someone is actually charging and all the other combinations you can think of.
Any experience with Blanch? Right now someone is charging on AC and 2 cars on HPC. Which means the AC is on bay 1, which is the most fortunate situation (well nobody can use the 50kW DC). I can see the case when AC is charging from bay 3, someone would use the 50kW on bay 2 and HPC would be blocked. Checkmate. :)
I've added a photo plugs hare for the record
Yes that’s the correct location. Hard to find any info online about it. It was due to open in 2021 but looks like a fair bit to go especially with Christmas coming, should open in January at least.
Can you post the location?
Google Maps doesn't get it...
Edit: Found it on plugshare
https://www.plugshare.com/location/351289
They should really give it at least 6 spaces for these UFCPs. To future proof.
I believe they can be configured to up to 4 connectors including Type 2 AC.
2x CCS, 1x Chademo and 1x AC 22 kW (backup) would make sense. Or at least 2x CCS and 1x Chademo.
Checking the templeville 50kw charger every hour from yesterday and it's constantly in use. Taxis are queuing at it most days. Not a hope of getting a "quick" charge if you live within 5 Kms of this one. The sooner we get some real competition inside the M50 the better.
Weird. Still shows as offline. One more reason to have the ecars card rather than rely on app.
Total mess
Checked the app just before got to town & still saying 0 available but when i clicked in. One was charging. Drove in & got ev charging space & charger was available & working.
Brilliant. A real 4 car hub, capable of charging 4 CCS or 4 CHAdeMO, and any mix of the 2 standards….
I just hope they give it 4 spaces!!!!
would love to see loads of these going in…. This in Kilcullen would be a million times better than what’s there.
The N17 plaza chargers.
It’s next to the Lidl on the Galway side of Tuam a short distance from the roundabout the M17 ends at.
There was still work going on in the plaza today, could be pushing for an opening before Christmas.
It's been offline most the week according to https://ecars-stats.com/
you're out of luck I'm afraid
What a mess
Damn it. On the way to Killarney & just checked ecars app & css is offline.
Will it charge offline?
The Glebe 22kw is blue & says 0 availabile to charge but when I click into it it says available to charge?
I was at Cashel once. Fatally hazardous ESB charger placement.
Went for Ionity in the end. Won't risk my life because of few € saved...
Just to clarify.
Chademo is indeed an Asian standard. The Japanese created it and push it, the Chinese joined Chademo 3.0 in 2018 and Chademo will become de facto Asian standard.
In August 2018, CHAdeMO Association announced they were co-developing the next-generation ultra-high-power protocol, named CHAdeMO 3.0, with China Electricity Council (CEC),[32] which will harmonise the CHAdeMO standard with the CEC GB/T 20234.3 standard
CCS is an EU standard EN 62196 and is supported by the EU as well as directed to be used in European Charging Network.
L_2014307EN.01000101.xml (europa.eu)
High power recharging points for motor vehicles
Direct current (DC) high power recharging points for electric vehicles shall be equipped, for interoperability purposes, at least with connectors of the combined charging system ‘Combo 2’ as described in standard EN 62196-3.
CCS is the EU standard and only matter of time when Chademo is removed from the EU market.
I told them what I think, might not be pleasant for the receiver...😀
Briefly:
Else all is grand 😎
I'm going to check it out today.
Why they didn't keep the old Efacec in place at the back? They've three spots there.
Removing one charger, throwing it away, then creating a new spot few meters away is dim. Could've been a proper hub with 3 chargers. Taxpayers' money wasted again...
Can the new triple head charge Chademo + CSS at the same time?
Will the CCS:Chademo ratio be 1:1 on both new chargers?
So Tuam will be the first ‘Tier 2’ ‘hub’…
Here's hoping those become the standard, at least as these 2 unit "hubs".
Checked out Carnmore this evening, it is indeed a 150kw HPC and a new 50kw triple head with the ac socket. Pic below.
No power to the units but ground works look done.
I passed by the N17 plaza in Tuam today and it does indeed appear to have two HPC units. They appear to be the type with two connectors on each side. Didn’t get any pics of those.
OK, the ecars app is showing me the 2 public charging stations in Heuston. Strange though, of the 6 apps* on my phone, only the plugsurfing one seems to show the taxi-only ones in Heuston.
@ innrain Thanks! Jeez, another app to download :)
Can't see any taxi chargers inside Heuston on my (no filter) Ecars app. Must do some more research on that. Thanks for your help.
I checked plugsurfing and it seems that the taxi only at Heuston are operational.
Check with google maps and it seems they are just beside the ecars one.
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