VW are already lower spec compared to their competition. Their base models are pretty bare bones as it is.
EV start-up Go Eve raises £3m in funding round
The company is pioneering a charging technology, DockChain, that is trying to make high-power DC charging more competitive with slower AC charging by extending single rapid chargers to multiple parking spaces through a daisy chain of lower cost charging terminals.
The software can manage a virtual queue of vehicles waiting to be charged, bringing power to the connected vehicles and eliminating down time as cars move on and off the charger.
I think you're right, although I've no idea how they're going to manage that in the next year without either taking a loss or cutting something significant
They're still working on cutting costs on the battery production and I think the target for their in-house production is 2025
Normally they could use the combustion cars to subsidise the EVs, but if sales are down there as well then that's out
Maybe they'll start releasing a lower spec version with less junk on-board to bring the price down
If they can get the prices back down to where they were for the ID 1st editions then they may become competitive again.
Well ****
Sales are down across all model types, EV as well as combustion, pointing to a general downturn in interest for the brand
Meanwhile Tesla and MG registrations are going up, so I'm guessing the competition is eating up EV sales
Customers are understandably wary of spending more money on a car during a period of high interest rates and inflation, particularly when that brand doesn't seem to particularly offer better value than the competition
I guess they're just going to have to cut prices like they said they wouldn't 😏
What a dump of a location, right in the middle of an industrial estate with nothing around it
There's at least some food shops nearby, but I wouldn't be too happy sitting there in the evening while charging up to get to Cork
I can't really see what SSE are aiming for, their last couple of locations were in similar holes
It was game changing 11 years ago when Tesla did it, now it's expected.
As you go into the detail of WeCharge it goes into Plug&Charge capabilities. It requires the car to be updated ID software version 3.1 or higher.
In Irish terms Plug&Charge isn't particularly game changing so I can see why they don't feel the need to put it front and centre on the ID.3 page.
VW have plug and charge. Hyundai meant to be coming as well later this year.
Is it not properly implemented, very buggy or what is the reason that they are making very little effort in promoting what could be a gamechanger technology?
For instance heres the VW blurb on how to charge on the go https://www.volkswagen.ie/en/new-cars/new-id3.html/__layer/layers/models/id3-pa/charging/laden-unterwegs/master.layer
doesnt mention anything about swish easy charging , just apps and random promises that you may have a charger in a shop nearby (which to me is a laughable claim as theres not a single shop anywhere near me has a charger, 240V standard AC outlet in one place excepted !!) or work.
Another planning permission this time SSE in Rahtcoole. 5 Raption 150 units each with 2 plugs. The location is a bit interesting
https://planning.agileapplications.ie/southdublin/application-details/64211
VW and Ford already have Plug&Charge with Ionity. BMW are due to roll it out later this year. Hyundai are starting it with the Ioniq 6
I thought it was going into the car park across from the shopping centre. This seems a much better location.
that'll be handy for anyone heading to or from the airport especiially if you have an Ev rental to return and youre looking to avoid the 100Euro+ penalty for not having the thing charged to whatever level they are looking for.
Good location for it too. Right across from a massive ESB substation or more importantly, with a car fill of kids, a shopping centre/ Mc Donalds/ Kfc also right by it (Mc Donalds is always good for toilets and milkshakes/ coffee even if you are semi allergic to its food)
Sure maybe in 10 to 20 years time the owners of Ionity (VW, Ford, BMW etc) might get their finger out and have all the cars they make actually compatible in a plug and play way with the chargers they own. FFS, they own the chargers, they make the cars, how can they not sort it that it works together like Tesla (and I know its coming but christ, you'd swear they didnt want Evs to succeed or something).
It's actually not as bad as I originally thought, there's food just down the road and the shopping centre is reasonably close
I'm looking forward to the spaces being ICEd 99% of the time 😬
there is a 3d rended file there.
First time I've seen a "roadside" ionity station, it's the parking spaces on the Mini side of the road
https://www.google.com/maps/@53.4041544,-6.3061686,3a,60y,331.67h,87.11t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s7OZZB79g9f91qumUFQGgKA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/application-details/95308
Any chance you can link to the Ionity Finglas location? And maybe chuck the link in the Ionity thread?
I think they just take the cheapest option from a tender no? Probably got a batch of them cheap or moved them from the UK or something.
TBH I know having a big hub is great but there's already enough chargers on the m7, I'm more interested in the bus and truck chargers, will for sure have to take a spin up to see them (And block a HPC in my leaf taking 20kW on chademo!)
The extra charging spaces are a match for the eCars ones currently at Mayfield, so it doesn't look Tesla are working on a Supercharger there.
It's interesting as eCars seem to have gone sour on that model of charger in favour of the 4 way delta one
Charger application for Kildare and Ionity in Charlestown in Finglas
There really needs to be a 5 mins instructional video that people have to watch before they get the keys to an EV. It doesn't need to be much, how to find chargers, start the charger and basic charging etiquette, etc
I get that people are generally tired and pissed off after a flight or ferry trip, but I imagine they'll be a lot more pissed off if they can't charge their rental car
I dunno. I met a lad here in France with an Id.5 rental at a single 50 kw charger that we hogged for 45 minute. He had no clue about which cable to use about the ccs connector or how to start a charge. After I left I realised I should have asked him to check if there was a card in the car. He was helpless.
Nice to see electric car rental getting more popular on the continent. Here it is manual vs automatic vs electric with the same company . For 2 quid a day more vs manual I know what I would get. Unfortunately to small for our family
maybe this would do.
That would be in the "anything with an e in the name category" 😂
There's also Nissan e-Power - a specific category of a hybrid yoke. Or so Nissan claim.
Anyone following the pole to pole EV challenge?
Looks amazing, they've already done the arctic and are halfway down the US
One thing I haven't figured out, how did they charge the car in the Arctic? I'm pretty sure Tesla doesn't have any Superchargers up there, and they're driving an Ariya anyway 😂
They made some small mention of portable solar panels but are very short on details
There's a couple of fossil trucks following them for support, what's the bet they're charging the car off a diesel generator? 😕
Probably about the same as Dysons….
https://www.borntoengineer.com/dysons-first-electric-vehicle-might-skip-using-solid-state-battery
Be use our second car gets little use but when it does it’s often longer distances that a leaf with only 9 bars
