Buying Tesla with no way to charge at home - no driveway (Dublin City)

Dublin City Council has decided against on street slow chargers. They produced a strategy document last year which concluded that 50 fast charging hubs in the city would be better than the estimated 4,000 on street chargers that will be needed as they’d be easier to install and manage. Their conclusions are here:

I’d prefer a 7kw charger nearby that I could park at for an afternoon or overnight once a week than a 100kw charger I have to queue for and retrieve my car from in 60 minutes but I can see their point. I get the feeling the local authorities don’t want a new headache and are hoping commercial providers will take up the slack.

Don't do it , Having to use public chargers is the biggest drawback , They're nearly all mickey mouse slow chargers or on the off chance you find a (fast Lol) 50w one there'll be some old dear who's just got their brand new EV and its their first time charging it .

Or read the previous comments explaining how it is doable and then decide….

Now this report is what I call a reactive report. Maybe is just me, as my job description is to find solutions to people's problems, but to me this report is just a big bag of excuses. Nothing proactive or actions in it. Just don't and won't

Before agreeing with them, consider that the City of Westminster has over 1.5k such charging points or Vienna 1.8k I've read somewhere that Amsterdam has over 4k. So technically is possible. DLRCoCo runs the largest (5?) pilot on 3 rock rd which is not a residential area !? Why? The skeptic in my says to control the results but let's not go there. The cost issue is thrown with average 10k per unit installed, from pilots with one unit in tests. Really? Averages work better on multiple samples. Just saying. Loot at the street view link. All charging points on 3 rock rd are in use. Isn't it great? Dublin Councils decided on their strategy though that AC charging is a no no, and they will install DC hubs.

So finger for the gov as we're not going to do it. Amsterdam is not spaced constrained at all or it is not prioritizing cycling that's why they installed 4k charging points. Meanwhile new private car parks will have to provide 10% (?) of spaces with EV charging, otherwise no planing permission.

That's a UK site.

Maybe they're not familiar with the litigious nature of this country.

Somebody decides to trip on that cable and you're in trouble.

I understand the concept but the cable (as in the above pic) is a trip hazard where it comes up to plug into the car.

I very much doubt you can legally do this in Ireland.

I really hope something like this can be installed,I have a townhouse and feel as a result I don't have the option of ever having a EV.

That's a brilliant solution. If it was me, I'd just put it in. If the council comes knocking just play dumb.

That looks pretty cool alright.

Can Imagine some messers having fun with it though

Don't know about the OPs situation but mine is not privately managed,like hundreds of thousands if not millions of people in Ireland.

Your comment about the overplaying of the litigious nature of people in Ireland is easily contradicted by figures on same.

I can't be 100% sure but the example in the picture would not be legal in Ireland.

Good luck getting any council or relevant body to sign off and take responsibility for that.