That would probably be ok where every household had a 2 car driveway with capacity to charge 2 cars simultaneously. Obviously doesn't apply to all households but many households have 2 or more cars. Currently most people consider it a big no no to own an EV without ready access to a gome charger. Not possible for many households especially multiple car households. I should now I have2 EVs with one charger
If every new car was forced to be an EV tomorrow the grid would be ok. No one is charging at peak times 5-7pm when the grid strains. Most home charging is overnight from 11pm or later when the grid has tons of excess capacity. Sure public charge points would be busier but 90+% of EV owners charge at home 95% of the time. Others charge at work. The number of sites are growing to more or less match demand. A lot of supply of chargers are commercial companies with no grants so they roll out to match demand. Incentives for more super hubs are needed, but we are probably in a better place mid trip charging than say 2 years ago. I was at ionity Athlone recently on a winter Sunday afternoon. As I left all ionity in use, and only one Chademo on site, but Athlone has a good few options, not ideal but not bad.
No fee going back to the management committee when residents go down their own route and get proactive about their environment. Those images looked like sensible and tidy installs.
quirky don’t sell in high numbers
https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/volkswagen-id-every1-previews-%C2%A317k-city-car-2027
I know it's a city car but the range is very poor for a €20k+ car. If you're actually that budget conscious buy a Dacia spring for less money and get more range (even if it's not a nice car).
It looks just like a VW Up! Which I guess it's what it's replacing, however the Up! Never looked good in the first place either.
My point is not about specific competitors but about the fundamental design philosophies between companies such as Volkswagen and their eastern competitors. Hyundai, Kia and now China realise we are on the cusp of something very different and are producing challenging, interesting and some quirky designs as a result. They are eye-catching, not necessarily pretty but, original and attract a lot of interest. The Germans seems stuck unable to shake off their legacy design language. Renault are currently showing real design flair and in my opinion that's what's missing from Germany.
I like it. I think it’s hit much more of a mass market design than stuff coming from the East.
what particular cars from the east would you highlight as competitors
I like it.
I would say the real thing will look much the same. I really don't know what Volkswagen are doing. They are facing an onslaught of far more interesting and unique designs from the East and time and time again we get this minimalist Germanic design that does little to excite. It's understandable from the heritage point of view, but the game has moved on. Volkswagen needs to get exciting and desirable. This looks like neither.
Nothing to do with the Council. All MC driven.
I get asked this all the time, people always say, better to ask for forgiveness….Not where MC's are involved.
Yeah those are the ones I mean. There always seems to be plenty available when I check on the Tela app.
There is gearing in the motor, so it's conceivable to have a lower gear set in there too.
I presume you could use some dynamic power limiting to keep the motors in a low torque mode
Or you control based on wheel rpm. The accelerator sets the desired speed, the car knows how fast each wheel should be turning and either adds or reduces power to each motor to achieve that
The Rivian uses a motor on each wheel so I'm guessing they have some solution
I'll play devils advocate in one respect and say that a poorly placed charger would prevent a wheelchair or buggy from getting past easily. There was one example in London where the council managed to almost completely block a footpath
Now in this particular case it actually looks like the person placed the charger so it isn't blocking any part of the path but it's hard to be sure from the pictures
Looks like another case of a management company doing the only thing they're good at; making the residents life miserable
Of course it's a viable option but isn't it great that we live in a non tolitarian society that allows, within reason, people freedom of choice. Personally I think it's great that people have options because if everyone was forced into an EV tomorrow the grid would probably be in trouble and queues would be far more common at public chargepoint. A gradual transition to EVs is is the best option for everyone imo
Mostly the management company from reading that article. Council staying quiet.
https://www.rte.ie/news/dublin/2025/0305/1500414-e-chargers/
Residents In trouble for installing chargers in car park spaces outside their houses, no driveways.
Aggressive stance from the council about removal
Possibly true but given that he only occasionally does longer journeys an EV should be a viable option. He is a lifelong Toyota man and if the BZ4X had a more useful bigger battery it might fit the bill.
I assume that's the 6 Tesla chargers at the Johnstown estate? - never been there - up to now I have only used ecars. I assume these are open to other brand cars - what's the process for me charging there ? - are there facilities there or is it just the hotel? Maybe I need to broaden my horizons beyond ecars.
Edit: Answer to my question already found!
Would the Tesla site at Enfield not be better than Kinnegad? The last time I went to charge at Kinnegad it was full, getting much busier.
Oh and here are the 4+ CSS2 stations that are marked as coming soon:
Just out of curiosity, here's the current network of charging hubs with 4 or more stations providing over 120kW:
And heres the hubs providing 6 or more stations over 120kW:
In fact the real situation is a bit better than this, because I know that at a minimum the Fastned Banbridge, Applegreen Ballymount, Ionity Charlestown hubs aren't showing up (they don't have kW ratings properly input on Plugshare yet)
Well Sligo is one of those unfortunately neglected spine routes — both in terms of charging infrastructure, but also just the quality of the roads there too.
Same with Dublin to Donegal, although if you route via Belfast that one isn't too bad.
The charging coverage on most of the motorway routes is pretty great at the moment though (although you can really feel usage and EV ownership hitting another level too)
Nothing wrong at all with that. A perfect use case for a phev. The battery covers normal driving and the long drives are on petrol.
Likely the EV that would be needed to cover his range comfortably would be considerably more expensive than the toyota.
Yes they do but not enough of them yet IMO- for example on a regular run I do Sligo- Dublin- I stop in Kinnegad on my way up as my charge will be down in the 50 % range and hence it's a good place to stop (rest and toilet break as well) I have found Kinnegad getting busier and with 4 cars using chargers on the RHS then it can get tricky waiting etc - where do you queue? Driving back from Dublin (at 100%) ideally would want to be charging around somewhere like Carrick on Shannon but that has just 2 chargers that seem to be busy a lot of the time. It's great to see so many lower cost EVs coming on to market leading to higher sales and removing cost as a significant obstacle. However I think we would benefit a lot if somehow more and larger charging hubs could be brought on stream more quickly.
Yes I think separate motors on each wheel would be good for a simulated diff lock. The low range will really be needed though, my (thankfully limited) soft roading experience in my old model X showed me that. The motors are too powerful and because they are electric there isnt even a feeding in of power, it's all there at ~zero rpm. (as an aside, this is why big lazy v8s are the best for serious offroaders, lots of potential torque but easily modulated with low range ratios and a lazy throttle pedal response). Even the RR classic and the original land cruiser amazon had v8s 40-50 years ago.
I'm intrigued by the electric G class as a serious off road prospect. But I'd love something like a Panda 4*4 EV, as it's not too expensive that you can't throw it around.
Nothing wrong as far as I'm concerned, if he does 98% of his driving on electric then he'll probably just go full EV for his next car
Does the new RAV4 have DC charging? It's a way to try out the fast chargers and route so he'll be used to that as well
Those charging hubs do exist, and on most spine routes around the country too. Maybe they just need to look more like the Fastned ones so that confused ICE drivers go into them thinking they're petrol stations
I have a very good friend drives a RAV4. Thinking of changing next year to a RAV4 phev as apparently EV range is good up to 100km or more as he does most of his driving around Dublin. Then he says to me for the occasional trip down the country he has the petrol. What's wrong here! - he is making the assumption that he can't charge en route or it is too difficult/troublesome/risky- take your pick. We need to see I think more charging plazas/multi unit chargers so that if you do go full EV you can be CONFIDENT that you will be able to stop for a charge en route and get charged up relatively quickly (say 20 mins) with no hassle and no queueing needed.
