Random EV thoughts.....

The charging operators can only really get data from the sites they already have, which is difficult to interpret at best

For example if the charger at Clifden is always busy then that tells you there's demand in Clifden but it might be met by the current charger already

The people who have the data needed are the car manufacturers and probably the likes of Google

No doubt the CPOs are trying to plug into that analytics data to plan their network. If for example there's a bunch of Google searches for "EV chargers near me" from around Louisburgh in Mayo then that's an indication there's unmet demand in the area

Well that's why the ZEVI scheme exists in the first place, to ensure there's chargers in areas there is need but not the business justification. I assume they have some priority order they're working off so we'll just have to see what areas are included in the next phase

90% of EV charging occurs at home according to the ESB. The other 10% - in places like Connemara - would mainly come from visitors who in the majority of cases would be Irish residents taking their EV on their holliers out west. Many of these visitors will in the future charge at the place they are staying and I'm sure some do already, again driving down demand for public chargers.

Now, if you plan on doing a day trip then the need for a HPC might become necessary but again given many EV's are capable of 400pppkm the need might not be all that great.

Most of the driving in the barren wastelands/there be dragons/etc, will be at 80km/h or less due to the roads. So if drivers topped up to 80% or at the last HPC before driving off the map, a lot of those EVs could get 300+ more kms which would easily see them to the next HPC on their travels.

When I was younger there used to be a challenge to get from Finglas to Dundrum or similar without passing a pub.

Maybe the modern day equivalent is a meaningful 300km route in Ireland that doesn't pass within 5km of a HPC?

Same here when we moved to wexford first. Was staying in an Airbnb for a few weeks between sale of our house and closing on the new house. No charging in the airbnb (they were iffy about the amount of electricity and also the state of the wiring didnt inspire with confidence) so we relied on the one 50kW locally. In a 28kWh Ioniq for local runs that actually worked fine. But if that charger was OOO we were on scps for 4 hours. You'd always get a charge, even locally, if you have no destination charging, the problem is you may be waiting!

Businesses can already claim the cost of chargers against tax, shouldn't be any excuse for not installing them. Hotels in particular can benefit from having an extra pull for customers

I haven't used many hotel chargers yet but many I've seen are managed by a CPO, so yet another app to download

I think there's an EU directive coming into force which says they have to allow on the spot payment without registering an account.

It doesn't need to be a card reader, a QR code linking to a payment portal is sufficient as I recall

Personally I'd be happy enough if there was a single card terminal for a bank of several chargers

The 231 62kw Leaf i have only charges around 3.6KV on home 7kv charger

Am I right to say that regardless of the power of any public AC charger that this is the max rate the car can take for AC

I am green so bear with me ,I taught that there are 2 different model leafs a 3.6 and 7 kv charge rate. So you have the lower capacity charge .

Is this your 1st electric car ,what are your taughts ,i am thinking switching to one

The 2 different models are the 40kw and 62kw batteries.

I think it's a good car. Even better now that the price has dropped due to people crying that chademo(it's DC charging type) isn't as plentiful at public charging points as CCS.

If you have facility to charge at home, that's not really a worry. Rare enough I need the charging network but with work from home and midland base it helps

Older models might have a slower charger. But he asked about the current model.

Any word on whether it's slated for replacement?

Circle K Newlands Cross charger gone too