Tesla Supercharger network in Ireland

If it was the other way round and Tesla owners were excluded from Ionity or Esb would the Tesla super chargers be enough for someone to buy Tesla?

It would be interesting to see the split Tesla drivers have between using Tesla/ non Tesla chargers.

Not that I believe what Elon says for a minute, but what a blow for the other networks that are trialing the Plug & Charge for the last 2 years now? Interesting. I have seen superchargers installed and commissioned in days (in other countries, just to avoid confusion. Although Mahon Point was quick enough) Wouldn't be nice to have these SuC popping up at every corner of the country? They are prefab now so once the juice is available (and here is the big bottleneck) some pliers would suffice. :)

Look at ecars that after 2 months didn't get their first hub to work properly. Another small hub is installed and not commissioned for the last six months now? and Porlaoise HPC limited to 50kW for the last year? Ionity made recharging on the go more expensive than petrol prematurely so maybe the salvation comes from Tesla. Is not this their aim? Sustainable transport

Update. Couldn't have asked for a better experience. Arrived at Ballacolla with 16% and went up to 103kW before tapering to 90. 30 mins later was still pulling 67kW. Higher SoC at Mahon point so started around 90 kW and ended up with 16kWh in 18 mins.

Correct! The older cables in Birdhill don't have it but the new ones at Mahon Point do. One thing I found a bit fiddle was detaching the CCS adapter from the cable. The damn thing was hot from the charging - not intolerably so - but you had to pull at it pretty hard.

That is definitely something that occurred to me. Would be so easy to leave it and drive off.

Hi - Heading to Belfast for a few days. Staying in Belfast, traveling to Giants Causeway etc. Any advice on how to charge in Northern Ireland. Obviously, supercharger are fine but not too many there so what about regular charging? Needless to say the ESB card won't work so can you just use a credit card?

Many thanks

Jim

I did a Northern Ireland road trip last summer and used plug share to find free charging at tourist hot spots. We had no problem charging at Giants Causeway, Titanic Museum and Hillsborough Gardens. The Northern Ireland chargers show up in the ESB app but we didn't try any when we were up there but I think you can use them.

All public chargers are free to use in the north and work with your ESB card. I've used them quite a bit and haven't had any major problems. There are quite a few close to my parents home in Tyrone and they are practically empty all day every day. Again....no charge to charge!!

No only the "proper" northern Ireland electric chargers are compatible with the ESB card. The chargers are the exact same as the ESB ones in the Republic. I don't think I e seen any private companies chargers in the north but I stand to be corrected on that.

There is an ESB charger in Bushmills, just down the road from the Giants Causeway. The Bushmills Inn is a nice place to eat if you are waiting around. Portrush also has an Esb charger which is not far away.

There are two Tesla destination chargers at the Salthouse Hotel in Ballycastle, only 7kw though, again a great spot for lunch/dinner although you would need to book.

Portrush has a few chargers and a 50kw charger at the maxol station. There isn't as many electric cars on the road up north so you shouldn't have any trouble getting a free charger.

Well Elon I hope you know what you're doing if you are going to open the network up.

Charged in birdhill earlier and there were 5 of us there ( 1 bay isn't working so in effect there are 6 charging points). All of the applegreen's own chargers were in use.

Of course the obligatory dīckhead in a beemer estate pulled into the last free bay. Wasn't impressed when I put my passenger window down and told him he's blocking the last available space. In fairness he moved off fairly lively.

Looking at the map and it was showing 1 free space in birdhill and 2 in cork. I know it's a bank holiday Monday and people are travelling back home but it's going to be some kick in the nuts as a Tesla driver to have to queue behind VW's, Hyundai's etc to use a Tesla charger!!