Tritium equipment was always the cheapest of the cheap and the worst of all of the CP providers.
The first tritium model was kind of cool in 50's futurist way but they always felt unbelievably cheap. The warranty costs must have been pretty high seen how many seem to frequently be down.
Recently dealing with an Ionity charger that had to be started via the app because of a busted touchscreen made me nostalgic for the buttons on the old tritium units
Seriously, why do people keep trying to replace everything with touchscreens 🙄
Are the Halo units from Ionity not Tritium? I think they got some awards for the design at the time.
The opposite happened to me, I kept tapping the screen with nothing happening 🤪, then I copped there was buttons beside the screen 🫣
the Tralee Supercharger is being upgraded to 4x V4 superchargers, so we’ll see how it goes but this should mean any car in a space should be able to use that spaces charger…
I'm surprised by how few EV owners seem to know about the concept of load-balancing at multi-cable charge points. A number of times recently (including just today, hence this post) I plug in at a hub with multiple charge-points, and nobody using any of them, and then I come back and someone has plugged into the same charge-point as me, usually balancing my charging speed down significantly. Meanwhile the other charge-points are empty.
This guy today was even down to 10% — just park 1 metre left pal, you'll probably get twice the charging speed!
What is even the point of this thread? Like you've posted in the **** Electric Vehicles and Hybrids subforum, which is full of people who have experience of driving EVs day in and day out, and ranted like an absolute loon, and you don't think they're going to see right through your transparent lunatic bullsh!t?
Some **** maddos on Boards these days.
So if some one came here asking about load balancing its ok? Yet some one comes and posts about mad depreciation its lunatic bullshit?
Dats the sound of da police…. (or lack of sound actually!!!)
https://m.independent.ie/business/technology/new-electric-garda-motorbike-has-a-range-of-130km/a1633302733.html?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0BMQABHS0WnH_43j3y4ZCOeoeDjhzm5p6fS20wjgg-L75hucWw6V7Z8i-SpH3q7w_aem_AehEgudo9qOi_qxCZl2YdDrCODkgVSo16kKnV1qKz7t3yPLGGak_crkkPq7pO3DPv8c
Something to be said for Telsa's minimalist design approach.
Not much to be said if you're a non Tesla driver and your phone is out of battery 😉
The V4 superchargers have space for a screen, it'll be interesting to see if the ones in Tralee have them
Maybe he was just looking for a friend 😜
If you don’t like the sub forum you can always Move out. Like why put yourself though all the stress contained in your posts if your not into EV’s or PHEV. Life’s too short to be posting in forums you have no interest in. Strange maddo behavior IMO.
I think those screens are to comply with German requirements to show the price per unit, amount dispensed and total cost, just like petrol pumps do.
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Sad to see those videos. The only one Lucid Air (Dream Edition) in Poland has burned totally after hitting a pole (avoiding hitting another car). Friday, 19th of April.
I posted this over in the ESBeCars thread about take up of kerbside AC charging in New York. The 3 year incentive programme has been a success and it is being considered to extend for a further year.
Starting to see some innovative solutions being developed also such as from Voltpost.
The chargers will employ the Open Charge Point Protocol (OCCP), and no matter which automaker app or charging app you use, it's quite possible you'll see them included soon. "Voltpost is pursuing an open charging distribution strategy to maximize interoperability and offer a frictionless customer experience," said its CEO Jeff Prosserman, to Green Car Reports. "This includes integration with partner apps including, but not limited to, Google Maps, Apple Maps, Android Auto and CarPlay."
I think I've posted before about Westminister borough in London
We have nearly 2,500 on-street electric vehicle (EV) charge points in Westminster, ranging from 5kW to 50kW. More are being added to provide even greater coverage for the growing number of EV owners in the City.We have provided charge points for our residents by fitting units either inside or next to lamp columns alongside resident parking bays. We have also created in excess of 400 dedicated EV bays alongside these lamp column charge points for residents to charge from.
We have nearly 2,500 on-street electric vehicle (EV) charge points in Westminster, ranging from 5kW to 50kW. More are being added to provide even greater coverage for the growing number of EV owners in the City.
We have provided charge points for our residents by fitting units either inside or next to lamp columns alongside resident parking bays. We have also created in excess of 400 dedicated EV bays alongside these lamp column charge points for residents to charge from.
https://www.westminster.gov.uk/parking/electric-vehicles
Those green dots are 5.5 kW chargers.
This is Amsterdam Council https://amsterdam.maps.arcgis.com/apps/Embed/index.html?webmap=1ff32800cd324886b4bfff6c6ddaf325&extent=4.8683,52.3623,4.9374,52.3845&home=true&zoom=true&scale=true&search=true&searchextent=true&legend=true&disable_scroll=true&theme=light
Both of these are cited in the Dublin Councils EV policy and then they decide not to go AC charging
No surprise that on the last infrastructure report Ireland is leading the pack
https://www.transportenvironment.org/discover/most-eu-countries-on-track-to-meet-charging-targets/
Thats some stat.
More telling considering the Minister for Transport for the last 4 years is from the Greens.
Yes, but the Minister for Finance hasn't. 😂
This is pretty meaningless without knowing what the total numbers and chargers per capita are.
Anyone can set piss-easy targets and exceed them, versus setting ambitious targets and failing to meet them (yet still have far more than the country with low targets).
Its based on internal EV uptake projections (links in the article @innrain posted)
As an observation, in my experience of travelling around all parts of the country for the last 3.5 years in an EV all throughout the year, I think those stats are pretty bang on wrt Ireland.
EV startup Fisker has had to announce to the market its on the verge of bankruptcy in line with compliance reporting obligations. This is no surprise as the writing has been on the wall since late last year.
So unless they get thrown a lifeline, it will be curtains for the Fisker show.
They have been slashing prices on the Ocean. In the UK, prices have been reduced by up to £14,000 on some models. i.e an Ocean Ultra that retailed for £58,000 can be had for £44,000.
Could be a bargain to be had, provided you overlook the build quality and buggy software.
Oh….and make sure you read the fine print at the bottom of the page
Due to the current economic situation of the manufacturer Fisker Group Inc. and the Fisker sales companies in Europe, there is a risk of limited support and limited services for the vehicles. Buyers must expect a permanent loss of the enforceability of claims for material defects and warranty claims. By concluding a vehicle purchase contract after April 3, 2024, the buyer of a Fisker Ocean declares that he has been informed accordingly and nevertheless wishes to purchase a Fisker Ocean in view of the risk described.
There are going to be some very, very unhappy and extremely concerned Ocean owners…..
I've been planning a long UK trip and looking around on Plugshare. One thing that struck me is the large amount of 7kW points. I've rarely seen them here. Where I have has been mostly an old almost domestic style installation that happens to be public, stuck on the side of a hotel or bar. But over there, 7kW is very widely available. Not necessarily a bad thing either. One location I may use is a large hub at a train station park and ride, which is mostly 7kW*, which makes sense for people taking the train into town for hours.
*
150kW CCS x 2
100kW CHAdeMo x 2
22kW x 8
7kW x 24
I might be wrong but I seem to recall there's a lot more people over there without driveways, so public AC would be a lot more popular
Pretty sure would be popular if it would have existed in Dublin. From the Dublin LA EV strategy document in Dublin City only 56% of residents have access to off street private parking.
This means that the remainder of 44% would be nicely served by some form of AC charging. People would feel confident to buy an EV instead of an ICE. Whatever they say in that document you cannot cater for 44% of the population with one or two DC charging hubs. BTW the said policy was released June of 2022 and nothing happened since.
UK councils have been proactive about installing and managing AC charge points. Irish councils are waiting for someone to tell them to do it or, more likely, give them a reason not to do it.
Or money to install 100 and they'll install 20.
the Import policy unit of Revenue. It seems from the 1st of May veichles bought in NI from a dealer or once they have been in private ownership for more than 90 days will no longer need customs clearance and can be brought directly to the VRT without pay 10% duty I highlight in black what is probably going to be problematic when you get to the VRT
"I refer you to our guidance and in particular examples provided in the appendix. From 1st May 2nd hand vehicles sold by a motor dealer do not require a SID as the dealer should have completed appropriate customs formalities on entry into NI from GB.
In relation to vehicles purchased privately there will be no customs formalities once the vehicle has been in private ownership in NI for a reasonable period of time. This will be on a case-by-case basis as it should be a legitimate sale following private use for what could be considered as a realistic period of time. For example, is the vehicle purchased and used by a private individual or organisation or is it a sale by a motor dealer? Is the vehicle resold quickly to subvert customs formalities or VAT? Are there extenuating circumstances? "
I agree, but unfortunately Ecars and the Dublin councils don't and are focusing on DC charging in the short term
Basically Ecars said AC chargers don't make money here and so DC charging is more likely to pay for itself
I've always maintained that the reason AC chargers don't make sense is because Ecars insist on having dual 22kW units with a meter connection per pillar, which means you only get two charging spaces at most
Since most EVs on sale today don't charge faster than 11kW your utilisation almost never goes above 50%. Only on the off chance two Zoe's plug into the same charger do you use the full 44kW
Whereas if you had 6x 7kW chargers on the same connection your utilisation would be closer to 100% and sell more kilowatt hours (the stuff you make money on) over a given day
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