Visiting Belfast in a Leaf

Rafal

I'm driving my new Leaf from Wicklow to Belfast tomorrow. I was wondering if anyone had tips on any charge-enabled car parks etc that would make sightseeing convenient. Otherwise it will be short trips to IKEA or some other nearby rapids.

Any other tips also welcome. Very excited.

cros13

Best spot is the titanic center car park.
Well looked after and never ICEd but only 16A chargepoints.

Other then that you can hit for the DRD carparks of which there are a few in the city center. 22kW chargepoints but sometimes ICEd.

There are also streetside chargepoints with marked bays in the city center but they are limited to 2 hours..... on the plus side you don't have to pay.

Great, the first long trip. Exitings.

IKEA is part of the Ecotricity network so make sure you have their card handy. It's a very busy charger. More centrally we have charged at the Central Station railway station car park which is quite close to the centre. The nice parking attendant informed us when going to pay that parking is f.o.c. for EVs.

Scottie99

It's a very easy trip. One tip, the Fast Charge on Bouchers Rd is at the Dublin end in the new retail park. The reason I say this is because the satnav was way out on its directions. It may have updated but just a heads up..

Rafal

Thanks for the tips. Is Belfast street parking free, up to 2 hours, in all EV bays or just some areas—is it marked as free?

I had no idea about IKEA being on Ecotricity. Since I am still waiting for my CYC card, I wonder if I can activate it using the CYC phone app. So far I only have the ESB card.

Thank you!

cros13

CYC won't work on an ecotricity charger I'm afraid.

Scottie99

Rafal wrote: »

Thanks for the tips. Is Belfast street parking free, up to 2 hours, in all EV bays or just some areas—is it marked as free?

I had no idea about IKEA being on Ecotricity. Since I am still waiting for my CYC card, I wonder if I can activate it using the CYC phone app. So far I only have the ESB card.

Thank you!

If your needing an ecotricity card let me know or cyc

Rafal

Scottie99 wrote: »

If your needing an ecotricity card let me know or cyc

That is really nice of you, thanks! Let me know if I can reciprocate if you visit Wicklow.

I think I will be ok, as I plan to use the rapid at Shane or Shore Rd, and with luck, the slower one close to Botanical Gardens (if you see a 161WW bronze Leaf, we will back in an hour or two). Out of interest, if you get 2 hrs free, what do you have to do to park for a 3rd or 4th hour?

Rafal

Had a wonderful day in Belfast today. I can report that the charge point near Botanical Gardens on Crescent Rd allows you a free stay of 4 hours. We arrived with 10% and in 2 hrs 40 mins we got to 80%, nice. Later, run into another forum user! Small world.