They look like the AG units in coynes cross
The cable length suggests they are the same units... any car in any space...... AG for the win.
Woohoo, but it looks a bit lonely, hopefully it gets some friends installed soon
Did you spot any groundworks for more chargers?
I thought the spare eCars spaces were the old AC spots that were removed when they upgraded to triple heads.
They are, and still there
>The charging network won't be a problem,
>there are so many places where chargers can be provided that fit in with people's daily activities,
I disagree. It can take 1 year from deciding to put in a charger to it becoming operational. There is a worldwide shortage of DC chargers and supply chain delays. ESB networks can take 6 months for supply upgrades. There is also possibly planning and new substations to be built.
If government has a tender process, which they have talked about for 2023 that will delay any rollouts as interested parties lobby to get the tender rules the way they want the tender goes out, the winners announced, the winners go for planning, planning approval, order chargers, install chargers and get supply grid upgraded. We are probably 5 years behind Scotland in infrastructure. There is no signs of us catching up. If anything public chargers per EV on the road ratio is going down even with new sites. Already EV sales are being impacted by lack of public charging even for those that can get home chargers. I could have convinced 3/4 people to go EV but I don't recommend it due to problems on long trips. It only makes sense for the hassle if you have a 100km daily commute then the fuel savings make sense.
It looks like ESB is being kicked out if motorway services with a monopoly supplier, and no operator is rolling out at any scale that will solve the between cities problem.
I believe it's going to get worse before it gets better.
Looks like France has the right idea ensuring there are chargers along rural routes and not just motorways
My only issue is that they're targeting petrol sstations. The local shop or cafe would be a better option IMO
Although in my experience of driving through rural towns in Ireland, the shop, cafe and petrol station are often the same business
A car transporter fire involving seven electric vehicles has shut part of the M1.
Might as well name and shame. They were all I-Paces 🙂
Given that it was a load of EVs on fire and there was no risk of explosion and it was the rear half of the trailer on fire, could the truck driver have dropped the trailer and moved the tractor unit away from the fire?
Jaguar iPace by the looks of them?
Tbh if I was the driver I'd be trying to put as much distance between the truck and myself as possible. There's a reason insurance exists 😉
There was a similar incident last year, the axle of the trailer overheats.
https://twitter.com/davegrahamS025/status/1447546916833792004/photo/3
I see there is a piece in The Times today about Toyota. Its supposed to be an interesting read but unfortunately its behind a pay wall:( ,
The article says Toyota want people to buy hybrids.
Not exactly EV news but some interesting movement from the French government to cut down on short haul flights
I wonder would we ever see anything like that here. Probably not, as the requirement is that there's a good rail link between two cities for the flight route to be banned
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You could say Toyota are getting bZ 😂
Part of this strategy also includes the five additional Toyota bZ models for Europe, beginning with the small electric car next year,
This is actually the right approach for Europe. If the existing manufacturers dont start copping on to the need to providing affordable small EVs, then Chinese will end up dominating this space.
Seems like a bit if a crazy move. Sure it might mean less flights in the air buts it's also disadavataging some people maybe who might have had a small airport near buy but not a train station or who for whatever reason do not like travelling by train. Its basically the French Government taking out the competition to benefit there rail network.
Well that depends on Toyota's definition of small. I mean there's a Yaris crossover now that looks similar size to an Peugeot 2008 but is still probably considered a small car
There's definitely a gap though for some small EVs. There's options available, but most of them are either ancient or just not available
If Toyota delivered an electric Yaris with around 40kWh of battery and reasonable fast charging they could be a winner.
Look how well the E-Up sells and that's another example of an ancient and overpriced EV
It’s the French government looking at the overwhelming evidence showing the impact of climate change and the massively polluting industry that is air travel and forcing people to take a cleaner option. People’s preference of flying vs train has to take a back seat when it comes to something important like this.
Yes you are right. Planes are getting cleaner do. They will soon be using synthetic fuels I think whether that is better or not I do not know.
Synthetic fuels are hokum, pandered by the likes of O'Leary and Shell to hoodwink the public.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesmorris/2021/03/27/synthetic-fuels-wont-save-the-planet-so-dont-say-they-could/
Could easily be done here too, there's a train from Killarney, Limerick or Cork to Dublin. Donegal is a 1hr flight, presume you've to check in 2hrs before, makes it 45 mins quicker than driving, not including getting to/from the airports at either end. Doesn't seem like a huge time saving for the environmental cost
Even if synthetic fuels were the be all and end all , they wouldn't be cheap ,
And the airline industry is very sensitive to fuel price increases as it is ..
When the EU rules on aviation fuel tax come into effect, we’ll soon find out how serious the aviation industry is about clean alternative fuels.
At least the business/VIP class will still be able to swan around in their executive jets without a care in the world, while the ordinary Joe takes the hit for the environment. Proper order, let the peasants eat sustainable cake instead
Pretty sure it's business class will be hit hardest given they have a much higher emmisions per passenger mile than economy
They'll still be able to afford it sure, but there'll be a big tax bill for the privilege
Besides the main focus is on cutting down short haul flights which are more polluting and alternatives are possible. There's basically no business class on most of those flights anyway
My point is that I thought corporate jets, emissions from which amount to nearly 20% of total, will be exempted from regulations. All for the greater good I suppose
https://www.irishtimes.com/business/transport-and-tourism/corporate-jets-to-escape-eu-s-green-aviation-fuel-tax-1.4618545
Well the good news is that article I linked earlier says the French government will be hitting corporate jets with some extra taxes to even things out.
And since France apparently has a large percentage of corporate jets based there I imagine it'll sting a bit
I agree there needs to be EU wide legislation on that issue, otherwise private jets will just get based elsewhere
No we subsidised the regional flights, as in they run at a loss subsidised by the taxpayer. They claim they are needed so business in rural far flung areas can be liked to Dublin and international flights mainly for those who need to fly in and out of country for company visits. But Mary down the road also gets cheapo flights to Dublin too. Remember aircraft fuel is tax free unlike petrol or diesel for roads, so airline fuel is relatively cheap versus petrol costs.
