Tesla Supercharger network in Ireland

Surely there's a loophole that they could exploit in that you can only start/stop a charge at a SuperCharger in a non Tesla via an application on a smart device, hence that device becomes the screen which displays the amount of kWh consumed.... It would also be the common sense thing to do..

Though having said all that, and with experience of Germany and German bureaucracy, I understand fully that they'll make this a ball ache for Tesla and the other providers

but that is easy to implement. And probably desired considering the amount of less techie users the Ev world get every day. I got petrol for my rental at an automated station in the middle of nowhere on a mediterranean island. There was an ATM like station where you select the pump no, fuel type and payment method. The thing would accept cash and credit cards.

24h access lounge coming soon I see on plugshare https://photos.plugshare.com/photos/974051.jpg

I hope it is one of these https://insideevs.com/news/601195/check-out-this-cool-tesla-supercharger-site-featuring-cube-lounges/

That's all you need for a 15 or 20 minute stop.

How busy was sandyford when you were there?

wait till all the legacy free SuC users on the south side realise its there, unfortunately I don’t think it will ever be much use to me being Dublin based unless I have a short notice trip that needs the range

I wouldnt think so. Everytime Ive gone past its always busy with shoppers but never seen any Teslas there. Mind you with theres a fair few M3s out there now.

Same here, I saw some European trips in a Model 3 and people were stopping to charge with 40%+ SOC "just in case". When the car could go best case an extra 200+km, you lose time because of the lower charging speed when battery is that high, and you lose time charging extra "just in case". 5% buffer imo is enough on the Model 3, the arrival SOC prediction is so good I almost always arrived within 1% of what it predicted.

Most often I was leaving when the car said 5 - 10 mins left to continue trip (it wanted to arrive with a predicted 20%)(when not limited by walking the puppy or needing longer stops for eating), then vary my max speed to arrive below 5% at the next supercharger. Only in Germany with the unrestricted Autobahn I was giving it an extra 5-10 mins.

And it is on the website. The map looks way much better than 2-3 years ago. Too bad the NW and SE are neglected.

I'd say, M9 between Carlow & Kilkenny, M11 south of Gorey, and then Sligo, Cavan, Roscommon, Castlebar & Derry, and you'd probably have 95% of teh country covered for the lowest of range Tesla's out there...

Surely they realise quite quickly that the car isn't charging?

The large "Tesla" written across the top of the charger must also be a giveaway.

Yes, in Castlebellingham today and I was the only Tesla there, while an ID.4 was on the eCars CCS, with an eCorsa using the AC, and then another eCorsa arrived and parked in the dummy bay next to the 2 eCars charger bays….. as they walked past the Tesla chargers on their way into the shop, they had a look at the Tesla plugs, and I overheard the girl Telling the guy that yes, it’s the same fitting they have on their car, so it should work….

I left at that point but I’ve no doubt they came back and tried the Tesla CCS plug…..

Fcuk Me I would not own a non Tesla EV in Ireland with the current motorway charging network the way it is…….