Random EV thoughts.....

Strange ad, look at the other things he's selling ..

I think it means they will give you 2k in year one, and up to 3k per year if you host a charger on your site. They seem to be separating them for some reason instead of a hub.

I know easygo were looking for sites for 50kW+ chargers and they had some luck with some hotels and supermarket chains. Their model was profit sharing with no details.

Hotels could be a win win with toilets and food but they really need to be right next to a national road or motorway or city based. I would have though two chargers would draw a larger crowd these days. A single charger site is very risky to stop at in terms of onward travel. I know one charger could become two but the right site would be busy straight away. I am thinking blanchardstown or any junction on m50, it's a real profit waiting to happen. Talking to hotel and fast food outlets next to motorways with lots of parking would be better than done deal.

Fair point, but didn't Tesla recently install a bunch of superchargers at a hotel in Ireland, Johnstown house maybe?

These days you could spend 90 mins at a 50kW charger to get what you need, which is more than enough time for a decent lunch break

Personally I'd much prefer the idea of stopping into a hotel for a charging stop than any of the motorway service stations, most of them have degenerated into kips and are sorely in need of refurbishment

So IMO you could do with both AC and DC chargers at a hotel. There's also a fair number of hotels near motorways, so they'd function pretty well as charging stops

With the mention that the oldest are at the service stations and all of the new ones are elsewhere.

50 kW are perfect for a lunch at a nice restaurant. Back in 2019 I would deliberately choose Abbey Court Hotel in Nenagh over Obama Plaza for this reason. At low SoC a 50kW delivers around 40kW or less due to low voltage so you're looking at 1h - 1h30mins for a big battery which is perfect for a lunch/dinner. Dundrum Sc is a more complex situation due to mixed usage. When I'm there for grocery shopping I'll be for less than 1h, the DC would be well suited. However, when in for restaurant/cinema/parties I could be there for up to 3h so AC is a better choice. Different levels with different prices/hogging penalties per minute would sort out the prob.

I’m no electrician but I’d imagine the power needs of any reasonably large shopping centre far dwarf the needs of a DC charger and a few AC chargers. And of course, those places generally have huge, mostly unused roofs which would be ideal for a solar panel or two mounted onto a stand like a ground mount.

How long between being awarded the home charger grant(the confirm email) and actually being paid It have ye had to wait. Its almost 2 weeks since I got the confirmation

All my forms were submitted on Feb 1st and the grant was received on Mar 13th.

You really get bad luck at that spot. I was down on Friday evening picking up the kids and some mothers day stuff in tesco, didnt charge myself this time but I saw all spots free.

Announced this afternoon by the wizards in Leinster House

..... wrong forum

Looks like Toyota are pushing the Lemon….. 1st add I’ve seen for it on Facebook…..

and only €2k more expensive than a Model Y (though I suspect delivery & related charges would push the bz4x above the €50k mark… (actually the updated reduced grant will put it over €50k)

If only I wasn’t barred from commenting on Toyota Ireland posts…..

I would of thought an scrappage scheme would be useful also to incentivise folk to make the change. There is no way the Govt is going to get close to the 2030 targets witht these measures.

Was talking to my wife today about replacing our ID3 family car at the end of the PCP contract later this year (love how it drives but I've grown to absolutely despise the infotainment and controls)

She doesn't read about cars or EVs vs ICE or follow the industry in any way at all, nor does she particularly care, but her main requirement was to get an EV again because she'd hate to go back to having to worry about range in a petrol car and having to queue up at petrol stations. I found it amusing how that was the polar opposite to what the perceived wisdom is for a lot of people. We charge at home overnight so to her our car effectively has infinite range for all the driving she ever does.

My other half always thought our ICE cars had infinite range as she never once had to fuel it

In terms of 1million Irish EVs the target is impossible even if 100% of new cars sold were EVs.

We really need to get new sales shifted towards EVs. Making public charging 100% reliable would help but there are no real signs of things getting any better.

They need a clear plan and to discourage sales of diesel and petrol cars. Nothing I see makes me believe there is any real strategy.