EasyGo public chargers

Sorry if this has been asked previously .. does Easygo cover the majority of charge points ( except Tesla ) .. have just registered with them and would prefer to leave it at that rather than join others.

Dont care if slightly more expensive as I will only use infrequently.

There is/was an issue using the eCar 22kW SCPs using an EasyGo account. A 45 minute overstay fee applies to EasyGo customers applies that doesn’t if you’re an eCars customer.

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Thrilled to see ECars have finally released an interoperability contract that has removed the overstay penalty for AC Charging (starting next month). Unfortunately they still have fees 30% higher for AC Charging to interoperability partners. Guess you win some and loose some!

"EasyGo recently signed a deal with telecommunications firm Eir to convert 180 former telephone kiosks into rapid charge points."

Didn't this happen last December? No word of any progress since then as far as I can see.

At least someone is taking the bill by the horns…..

I just hope they start rolling out hubs, as well as 100kW plus chargers

At least with EasyGo, they have a deal in principle with Eir for the old phone boxes, as well as their deal with SuperValu stores, so hopefully this funding help them press on with those plans...

50kW DC chargers would be ideal in the likes of SuperValu/Dunnes/Tesco etc.... especially for folk with no home charging options... Pop to the shops twice a week, and get the car topped up over 2 20 minute sessions......

Still can't for the life of me see the logic in eCars installing AC22's in Tesco carparks (despite my local one being reasonably busy)....

• 1. eCars have had close to a 10 year head start on everyone
• 2. eCars were 100% taxpayer funded initially & basically gifted the network
• 3. eCars had a monopoly on charging, for close to 10 years
• 4. eCars were & still are, largely taxpayer funded
• 5. eCars is (AFAIK) a semi state entity with no shareholders etc. to report to
• 6. eCars has shown no real ambition & we are laggards in terms of charging infrastructure, compared to most of Europe.

EasyGo are a private company, now answerable to their investors. If they aren't successful, people will lose their jobs/livelihoods. There's no obligation on them to provide infrastructure. eCars had/have that obligation.

Look at how Ionity came in & completed several multi-car hubs in double quick time. During their roll out, eCars had none.

I wish EasyGo well but eCars is an entirely different beast & subject to criticism, where private providers aren't.

Did they have the same mandate?

Location , location , location. That’s what it boils down to.

mid there spare capacity in the location they are putting them. What distance do they need to run cables?

We're paying exorbitant prices for energy/electricity here - no wonder they're highly profitable!

But I agree, the way eCars & the network/infrastructure was formulated was wrong. It should have been tendered out in a competitive & open way, just like the national broadband plan 😀.

That article is from 2014. We are at the end if a very long pipeline. Of course has will cost more. we also import all our fuel.

In terms of Eir and easygo today's press release shows an Eir branded easygo charger so old phone boxes will probably be many sites. They said before they are already working with county council's nationwide to get the nearby spaces marked EV only and possibly reconfigured and get supply upgraded to the old phone box. Time will tell.

Full release below

EasyGo has secured more than €15 million of funding to add 500 Rapid Chargers to its Irish Electric Vehicle (“EV”) Charging Network.

Covering both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, the high-powered chargers will be rolled out to retail, town centre and hospitality destinations via a range of strategic partnerships that EasyGo has and continues to enter into. This investment will address the significant deficit for such infrastructure across the entire island of Ireland, thereby alleviating range anxiety which is one of the critical barriers to fostering greater EV usage in the country.

Commenting on this latest phase of EasyGo’s growth strategy, Rob Sheehan, Financial Director”, EasyGo said “As a fast-growing Irish business in the energy transition sector, this investment accelerates the final component of our strategy, complementing our sister company CarCharger EV Ltd that has been successfully installing and operating EV chargers in homes and workplaces across Ireland for over 5 years. Drivers will be able to charge at home, at work, and now in public charging stations across the island. As a fully integrated EV charging business, we now supply, install, own and operate EV charging infrastructure for EV drivers, wherever they may need charging.”

Chris Kelly, Director of EasyGo further commented “We are now in a unique position to roll out this much-needed infrastructure quickly. Our focus on providing state-of-the art rapid chargers will ensure that drivers will have access to EV charging in safe and convenient public spaces, where they can leave their car to charge while going about other activities.” A typical rapid cCharger will add 100km of range to an EV in less than 15 minutes.

The funding has been secured in partnership with Rubicon Capital Advisors, DunPort Capital Management, and Air Core. “This is a transformative moment for both EasyGo and the Irish transport sector. As global demand for EVs continues to grow exponentially while at the same time nations struggle to decarbonise the transport sector, public EV charging is a critical enabler to fulfilling both the needs of drivers and national policy objectives. We are delighted to be investing directly alongside the EasyGo team while securing this highly innovative financing for the platform. This is a fantastic example of how private capital and private enterprises can work together to meet the needs of society, the economy and the environment.”, said Aeneas Griffin, Managing Director of Rubicon Capital Advisors.

I honestly think we need to get away from petrol stations as locations for EV chargers....

On Motorway services, yes of course, but in local petrol stations, nah, why would you want to sit in a smelly petrol station charging up for 30 minutes, when you could be sat in a grocery store or restaurant/hotel carpark, or even just in a nice park.... Hotels and restaurants are really missing a trick here... they should be actively chasing up the likes of eCars/EasyGo to install fast chargers at their locations....

Look at what happened at the hotel in Tralee: Guy contacted Tesla saying he'd be open to hosting a supercharger -- heard nothing back, and then when Elon Musk visited/toured Ireland last year and realised how sh1t our network was, the guy in Tralee finally got a call back and now he has 2 Superchargers there under a 10 year lease....

People are used to going to petrol stations for fuel and they also have shops and food and things like that there and there are a hell of a lot of them too!

Slow chargers are for places like hotels and shopping centres as you are usually there for a while but if you just want to grab that 10 min high speed charge to get you to the next town or whatever then the petrol stations are already conveniently located across almost all routes on the island so make perfect sense to me.

EasyGO at New Starbucks Naas

that's what you want at a grocery store charger, to plug in, and leave in 20-30 minutes with battery close to full..... I used to plug into my local Tesco AC when it was free, and maybe pick up 8-10% in the time I was there!!

50kW going into mallow co cork today.

Go easygo!

See plugshare app for details.

Another SPOF though. Pointless.

It's a 75kW unit alright, limited by supply constraints to 50kW apparently

Wonder if they can load balance at other locations 50kW:25kW like the Tritium in Bjorn's video of the Nordic EV Summit.

Pic above of charger with door open the three shiny cases are 25kW modules and the two galv cases are rectifiers.

Yes, it certainly can.