Random EV thoughts.....

Apparently the stations provide 320kW/h

So... it's an 88W charger??? They might want to learn how units work 🤣

was usa bound

How long do you reckon before some 'news' site says it was an EV battery fire? 😬

wasn't that a joke on Bjorn's video though? I think BMW & Mercedes show kWh/h and he points it out each time he sees it.

It's a standing joke, like Helga, BEE EMM VAY, ABC, Big mexican in my mouth, spekerud spekerud spekerud, etc.

The "Deutsche Autos" put in the ridiculous kWh/h unit (which doesnt exist) and bjorn takes the p1ss.

"Around 1,100 Porsche vehicles were on board, according to a Porsche spokesperson. Audi confirmed some of its vehicles were also on board but did not state how many.

An internal email from Volkswagen USA stated that the ship was carrying 3,965 vehicles of the VW, Porsche, Audi and Lamborghini brands, German newspaper Handelsblatt reported.

Volkswagen did not confirm the number of ships (cars) on board and said it was awaiting further information."

LoL

They clearly have not yet learned of Anna's cousin in Networks... Still though, you'd take a single 50kW charger in every McDonalds in the land with it's own carpark....

If there was an Ionity hub along my route to Waterford (closer to Waterford though... Kill too close to home), I'd happily pay their premium safe in the knowledge there's a much higher chance of both availability & reliability. Same with this crowd if they put in a few hubs here. I'll happily pay a premium price for a premium service.

The AppleGreen on the M9 at Junction 7 would be an ideal spot for a little 4 car hub...

Fcuking Ideal spot for any charger!!!! even a single 50kW FFS!!!!!!!

Did that, and it’s worked out quite well as 99.97% of my charging is done with said charger.

Grid charges here can't be much worse than UK. And they're apparently higher in NI so if Instavolt are thinking of expanding there then it's a good sign

I say it's all good, more competition is a plus and it's a sign that the EV charging market here is starting to look attractive enough to pull in some other networks

It’s disappeared off the eCars map, and I don’t think the other sites that were upgraded disappeared off the app while they were being upgraded!

that’s tells me eCars are shot of him, and perhaps he’s got someone else coming in (EasyGo?), or he’s going to vomit alone with his own AC charger….. the method being if the people are there for many hours…. They’ll spend a lot more in his shop!

Yeah as fun is it to laugh at him from a distance, it's a lot less fun when someone is dependent on that charger

Maybe Ecars should just install a plywood box that looks like a charger so he can fence it off and feel good about himself

Or maybe they'll do the castlbellingham trick and have a "coming soon" sign there forever

Thanks, I should get on top of paying that mortgage off 😁

Happened me too last week. Only used these as the charging was free and the parking was perfect. That just about compensated for having to take the cable out of my car. Not any longer the case, so I won't be bothered using them any more.

11kW. I was pleasantly surprised.

"The report also highlights that the European Commission aims to have 30 million EVs on the road by 2030 and estimates that three million public chargers will be needed to support them.

By the same measure, Ireland would need 100,000 public chargers, with all new being fast chargers to serve the proposed one million EVs here by the same date.

There are currently 1,900 chargers installed at 800 sites across the island of Ireland. But with the current number of 47,000 EVs on roads here the number of charging points falls far short of the 4,700 realistically needed to serve these."

link to the report

Ha, well he's not wrong to be fair

I read a report a while ago that there was something like double the number of cars sold before 2007 versus afterwards (I wonder why 😏)

Those cars are getting to the point where they're going to be replaced, but because there aren't newer used cars to replace them that's part of the reason that used car prices are so high at the moment

So unfortunately those cars will be kept going instead of being replaced, and costing their owners a fortune in repair costs

I wonder what would happen if the government rolled out a €5k scrappage scheme for older cars, but only for an EV that costs under €30k before any grants?

Then you'd have your sub €20k new EV pretty quickly, and I bet a bunch of manufacturers would jump in with more basic spec models to avail of the grant

Problem is of course, the scheme would be so popular the government would run out of money instantly and there'd be a 5 year backlog on orders

EVs already have a 5000 grant ? or up to it.

People might be tempted if cheap enough, but reading this thread https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058234198/tesla-model-3-motorway-driving-thoughts#latest , one of the best EVs costing 50 k cannot complete a trip from one side of the country and back without a stop, before you start, talking about money saving or only a trip 2 times a year, a 20 k EV is going to have no hope with less of a trip, some one sticking 15 or 20 euro a week in a car for local driving and then 40 or 50 euro for a trip limerick from to Dublin and back, at the drop of a hat without any hassle will not be incentivised enough just to save a grand a year on fuel with a lot more possible inconvenience.