ESB eCars

No the M9 and the southeast of Ireland are very badly serviced by any sort of decent EV charging infrastructure!

You need to go about 120km away from Waterford to get to Kilcullen where there is 1 X 150kwh charger which is usually in use!

There should be 150kwh or superchargers in Paulstown in Kilkenny just off the M9 or the Carlow M9 services so that they are about half way between Kilcullen and Waterford but I doubt ESB will ever do that, maybe Tesla might but I will not be holding my breath!

Just wondering but why do you doubt ESB will do this?

I do all my driving in a dirty diesel from dublin to great island and around that area so a 150KW charger at Paul’s town would be ideal.

If we are all supposed to be going electrified surely ESB will have to do this.

Maybe if a lot of apoplexy email ecars?

Yes. For technical matters and reactive repair work. Being motivated and proactive that's a different story altogether!

I’ve emailed e-cars to see if they have any plans to install 150kw chargers somewhere along the m9. Preferably Paulstown.

The 50kw in Ballinalack wouldn't start a charge this morning

I had over 50% so no real value for me in using the rapid but had to hop onto it as I needed to get to 80% for the rest of my trip

Luckily no one else needed a charge while I was there

Interestingly I tried another of the new 50kw units today and it also failed to start a charge

Might be my car, peugeot e208 but I have no issue with the old 50kw units or the 150kw or 44kw

Anyone else had problems?

Myself and at least one other person have had issues charging at the 50kw in Enniscorthy the last two days.

The unit spins up but fails to connect after about 60 seconds.

I tried my We Connect card, ECars Card and ECars App and none worked.

I logged an issue through the app.

But beware actual speeds depend on car and battery temperature. Maximum speed is only for a short part of charging time. Also say Tesla model 3 short range versus long range have a different curve

For maximum speed you need an 800 volt charger and an 800 volt car such as porche Taycan.

https://support.fastned.nl/hc/en-gb/articles/360012178313-Charging-with-a-Tesla-Model-3

Sounds exactly like what happened me on 2 different new 50kw units over the weekend, both reported also

I assume it's down to different interpretations of the guidlines, maybe it's just SOP for ESB to put E-Stops on everything

It shouldn't do any damage to either the car or charger, the design on an emergency stop system takes account of this and should make both pieces of equipment safe in the shortest time possible. Damaging either would go against this and lead to more hazards

It'd be pretty poor behaviour to stop someones charigng session midway. If the car is plugged in and not charging then I could understand this, but the connector should be unlocked anyway in that case. Probably someone couldn't figure out how to start a session on one of the J14 units and hit the E-Stop without realising the consequences

Anyone have any recent information on J12 M18 (Supermacs)?

I know it's been an ongoing saga locally and the planning decision was granted in December 2020 and appealed in February 21 but it's all gone quiet since.

If you look at the updated plans they proposed to have 16 electric car charging points, so looks like it would fit into the eCars description of a T1 hub.

On Plugshare you can see 2 photos of the site layout.

I don't think CCS plugs are automatically unlocked when the charge is finished but the car remains locked, definitely not for Tesla anyway. That may be a Chademo feature.

I highly doubt anyone hits the emergency stop button without knowing full well what it does. They're being ignorant, possibly because they're in a rush or they're in a bad mood or they (possibly incorrectly) think the other car is finished charging.