Random EV thoughts.....

I live in a small Cul de Sac with 9 houses and there's my ID3 and a VW, BMW and Range Rover PHEV.

On my short commute to work I pass a Model 3, three Kona, two eNiro, an ID4 and Ioniq 5 every day.

Most evenings I also pass a EV6 and three different eNiros. About once a week there's a black Taycan parked outside a local insurance broker. There's also a white Model X floating around every now and then.

Oh and one of the local priests have a Zoe.

I live in a small town in Wexford.

He's a neighbour of mine!! Gives me a wave every time we pass each other.

Here's a new one on me. Someone on a UK forum got to work to see a birds nest in the charge port compartment of a neighbouring company's van.

Has anyone used a VendElectric charger?

They are Rolec chargers, and it looks like VendElectric is their method/app for paying to use Rolec chargers installed at various locations like shops/restaurants etc..

They have a big presence in the U.K. but not so much in Ireland.

It’s a traffic counter (rubber tubing filled with air) and not electrical cabling.

Usually installed by local authorities and likely to be there for 24-48hrs

All cars are expensive, new or second hand. No different for EVs. That said an i3 94Ah or Ioniq 28kWh will be fine for your use and around the high teens seems decent value compared say a new ID.3. Just looked it up and the base model is a shocking €45k on the road.

That's not right Unkel. The ID3 DX is €39K. I'd imagine there's delivery charges on top of that as well of about €700.

@Alkers - heatpump is overrated, particularly in your case if you have a driveway and you can preheat your car for your early morning departure in the cold. Base Ioniq 5 is €39k on the road. Goes to show how manufacturers (except Tesla) are struggling to make a margin here though and trying to squeeze everything out of the customer. Back 5 years ago the original €25k Ioniq did have a heat pump as standard.

It is a trip hazard and it is treated as such. What is the main differentiator here is the temporary nature of the job as opposed with people running it for charging cables which would be a permanent job. Also this is a singular occurrence on that particular street. Can you imagine on a development with 50 houses everyone would run the "temporary" ramps.

Having said that I'd wish LAs would give up this reactive stance when people ask for permission to install and draw up plans and guidelines of how an installation can be achieved in different scenarios.

Yes had another look and on a different part of the same page I can see that figure now. Also strange that there is only the base model to choose from, you'd have expected with shortages that they'd prefer to sell the higher end higher margin cars.

Still €40k on the road for a Golf sized car (made with cheaper materials) is pretty insane. A €39k on the road Hyundai Ioniq 5 is cheaper, much bigger and dare I say - better.

Absolutely, even if the Ionic5 was a few thousand more, it would still be mad to get the ID.3.

They'll be sooner than expected. Quoted July by our supplier at work (nothing else available in 2022)