Hi, what's the story with toll savings? Is that just specific companies?
You need a tag,
I think any of the providers that offer tags facilitate it
Have first trip with the EV to Donegal soon. Already having range anxiety.
anybody have any tips ?
Some people have no choice because, perhaps their job involves long distances, perhaps they look at the poor state of the charging network……and let’s hope you don’t have to drive your EV in the north, it’s even worse, not everyone can get a home charger…..
It’s also only limited to the first 50,000 EV’s on the road in Ireland, and once we hit 50,000 EV’s we all lose the discount.
Didn't know that
How many are we up to !
It is set to terminate at the end of 2022 anyway. Hurry up you newcomers 😊
A better route planner for the win. What car?
ID 4 77KwH
That depends on your definition of long distance, I'm quite confident I could drive from Dublin to Cork tomorrow and back if needed, possibly without needing a fast charge depending on how long I'm staying and if a slow charger is available
As for people who drive long distances for work, in most jobs that I've seen which require you to be on the road, either the company provides a fuel card or lets you expense your fuel bills, in which case you wouldn't be worrying about the fuel bill
It's the 80% of drivers who commute less than 50km per day who would benefit the most from driving an EV. A Leaf 40kWh would easily do this and have plenty enough range for the weekend road trip.
I agree the selection of affordable EVs on the market right now is bad. But to be frank, most of the mainstream brands have pretty much given up on affordable cars anyway and have outsourced it to budget brands. With car prices going up across the board the notion of an affordable car is basically dead for now
I think the perception of EVs being expensive is more that there is a very very limited second hand market at the moment. And that's where "cheap" cars can be gotten. A huge amount of people never will buy a brand new car.
When youre looking at new cars on their own, EVs really arent a million miles more expensive. For example, irelands best selling car last year was hyundai tucson, price range 35 to 50k. The Ioniq 5 is slightly bigger, same brand, price range 40 to 55k. Which depending on spec means OTR price of both would be similar or the same. So affordable to lots of people who decide to buy new.
32k for an ID4 city on the road
we initially went to Skoda to look at the Scala and Kamiq as I saw Them advertised as 219 a month went to see them and they were too small, looked at the Karoq and thought it was a nice car, but at 350 a month I thought I’d look at what others have. Found the ID4, the range suits 99% of our driving, only 220 a month vs 250+ for fuel ( with 4c off a litre)
Well the second car market is a bit different for EVs and people will get used to. A 64kWh battery is a commodity which will have a good value irrespective of the state/age of the car. Unless somewhere in the future we can speak of cars of 500kWh the car will have value due to that battery which can be used in many other applications.
I made a mock up route here. You can play with the departure and destination. On my route you need to add about 40kWh to get back to Dublin.
Just as you go around Monaghan there's an eCars 50kW charger in a petrol station... I'd be topping up on that as much as I could before entering the charging wilderness of NI.
And while up there, I'd take anything I could get, even off a slow AC if I was spending 20-30 minutes close to one.
Whenever going through NI I assume there will be no DC options.
40 kWh does not sound so bad, turns out its nearly an hour for charging only. One can hope that its available and working.
Dont go. It's a kip.
Could be 4h at destination, or 20h on granny, all depends on the situation. I actually done that drive few weeks back and it was 4h at destination. Neither of the FCPs in Letterkenny were in use when I passed them but I chose the AC as I knew I have a long meeting ahead.
Charming.
I have to say Donegal is one of the nicest counties in Ireland. We stayed in Ardara last autumn and it had a great atmosphere. Not to mention a spectacular climb to Slieve League and tranquility of the coast in general following WAW. Even the Donegal town itself is rather nice.
The charging infrastructure was not great (no chargers in Ardara for example so had to charge somewhere else). But definitely do go to Donegal. Not a kip by any means.
Sorry if been asked elsewhere, what is happening with the charger at holy cross in Waterford?
Cordoned off and covered up, is it being moved?
Donegal is a beautiful county, a lot nicer than some other places on this island and lovely friendly people.
This one?
Iti s a whole saga with the owner of the service station. For the last 2 years on and off. Needs reported to ecars
In summary, the guy is as mad as a box of frogs, and regularly blocked the chargers because of reasons only known to him.
my guess is he was expecting every car that stopped to charge to spend €20 in his shop while charging, and has been having a running feud with eCars the last 2 years over it.
it’s one to avoid at all costs…..
just have a look at the picture history on PlugShare.
Yes, the Apple green.
I know all about it, but it looks more definitive this time. Wondering if anyone actually knows.
From where to where? What car? What battery size? Can you charge overnight when in Donegal? Try to stay somewhere you can charge. Download plugshare app. Filter by CCS or ChaDeMo. Avoid northern Ireland. Check plugshare reports on if chargers are working. Charge regularly to 80% on any 50kW+ charger you pass. Some areas only have very slow chargers
Why avoid NI?
With free charging it might be an option for someone heading to Donegal.
The free charging is the problem.
Down South, people will DC charge because they need to, up North, they'll DC charge because they can, and we've seen regular reports of cars left plugged in for many hours....
If going up North, I will not be relying on the eCars network.
Going up north, you’ll need a fill of petrol.
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