Random EV thoughts.....

Yeah I found with the Leaf24 there's a massive jump in consumption going from 110 to 120. I'm not sure how the newer one is for aerodynamics but I imagine it's roughly the same

The Leaf is also annoying because it'll start to rapidgate at the fast chargers. Sounds like @innrain is already starting to see that

It's fine for Ireland because you can get to most of the country with 1 rapid charge, but going across Europe would get a bit annoying

Still less annoying than the rental desk charging for petrol in an EV. Nice bit of price gouging going on there 🙄

True enough, I'm guessing it's something they try to add on to every rental like the reduced excess

Are there any Genesis Car models on the road here? Do they even sell them in Ireland?

GV60 for the win....... not sure if Paddy gets any.

Saw one on the road midweek. Very nice. Premium quality noticeable even at a glance. Raging now didn't take any pics.

You could import a G80 Sport 3.3 V6 twin turbo. Imagine the range anxiety with that bad boy!

The G80 I took those pics myself. The GV60 was on blue licence plates which is what BEVs get over here in good Korea.

Just watched that too, @TitianGerm , great minds and all that 😁

Deserves it's own thread:

I have ordered a home charger and is to be installed well after next. But I'm wondering if it's worth the cost to me of 800 euro + electricity usage or cancel and use the public ones?

I bought an Ioniq 5 58kw on Thursday and have charged it at lidl for free (20%) to see how to use it and today at esb 50kw charger (50%) The duration was 00:53:11 and the energy consumed was 10.270.

The cost for the energy was €(2.75. In addition, a €4.60 overstay fee was applied.) I won't go over 44 mins again. I usually comute between 350 and 400km a week.

You definitely want s home charger, cheapest EV night rate is around 6.9c/kWh, less than one quarter the cost of a DC charger

At those rates the charger will pay for itself in no time

There's also a major convenience factor to charging at home, you know the charger will always be there available

If there's a free charger nearby that's convenient then by all means go for it, but I'm not sure I'd want to depend on it

There's my electric bike thread on this forum that explains it all. TL;DR - all scooters are illegal on the roads in Ireland. All electric bikes are illegal on the roads in Ireland with the following exception for bikes that have all of the below:

1. a motor of max 250W
2. are only propelled once you pedal yourself (no throttle is allowed, only pedal assist)
3. have a maximum speed of 25km/h at which the motor is allowed to help. You can go faster if you like, but the motor is not allowed to help anymore

The bikes you buy in shops conform to this. On paper at least - most have will show more power than 250W if you would test them, but they won't get you into trouble.

They are not illegal to use on private property, so I'd be careful to remove any ads. Also there are thousands of technically illegal scooters and eBikes on the roads and the Gardai are not enforcing any of this, with new legislation probably in the pipeline to bring the law up to more modern times. If I were you I'd take a relaxed approach here too...

Thanks, makes sense. To be honest I can't comprehend the numbers yet, hence the post. It's all happened a bit too quick for me lol.

CCS is the right one, and indeed it uses up all your charger port. If you were only getting about 11kW from it, there is something seriously wrong though! Try another one if you can find one near you and report back.

Well wear on the Ioniq 5. The base model is one of a handful or so of EVs that are actually good value right now. My sister in law got one at the start of the year.

I'd be interested to hear more people's experiences on charging.

T-bird, was that a full charge?

What is the best way to find prices of a charge at home and on the road?