EasyGo public chargers

Do the EasyGo chargers at Lidl also charge the 27c access fee?

If so, that would bring it up to €2.25, give or take.

Excuse my ev ignorance, but would you get much charging done in 45 mins done in a lidl charger ….would it be around 20% or less?

Did you run out of credit on your account? I know they used to stop the session without notifying you about this in the past.

Easygo got back to me.. I had like 2 euro on my account when I started the charge. I immediately topped up but it limited the power based on my account balance. Worked fine since. Just need to make sure funds are on account before starting charge

"Featured" article (paid) discussing chargers at hotels provided by easygo and benefits to hotels. Again easygo is looking for installs at hotels and mentioning 50kW chargers at hotels. I really enjoyed a 50kW charge at a hotel in past along with good toilets and good food from hotel.

https://www.hotelandrestauranttimes.ie/2022/07/19/electric-vehicle-charging-the-key-to-attracting-more-guests/

“MAYO County Council is close to agreeing a deal with Irish company EasyGo for the installation of Electric Vehicle (EV) chargers around the county.

Currently there are just four fast chargers in place but this will increase to 19 with 15 new 50KW EV charge points.

The company will also install another six AC chargers in other locations where the ESB power isn't strong enough to support the fast chargers (DC).”

Agreed and 75kW peak and the ability to charge 2 cars at once but one needs to be chademo, other CCS and they need to physically be able to both park in reach of the charger. I hope the site is open 24/7 and I hope it gets enough business to prove that there is demand. I would have preferred a second 50kW+ unit or at least groundworks for such. It also looks like ground is painted funny expecting only one car on 75kW charger and parked in centre. Why they can't mount them like petrol pumps I will never understand.

Easygo need to up their game now and start rolling out hubs at key locations, even if it's just one 50+kW charger but with ducting for many more. It would signal that they are serious and intend playing in the big boys game. They also have one in NI at a Lidl so they could have the reach.

Hotels only need AC as guests will be parked up over night.

DC chargers are more expensive and will be blocked by a user over night and possibly much of the day before. A drink or three with dinner and they can’t move it

And with eCars you pay a higher premium for those higher power u it’s, despite getting half the advertised speed if you happen to be sharing the charger with a Leaf…

At least load sharing with a leaf on a 150kW unit you're still getting 100kW

You have to give credit to EasyGo. They are quietly going about their business installing more and more AC & DC chargers... so kudos to them.

I'd even go as far as to say they are installing units at a faster rate than eCars... (even only counting DC chargers as eCars dont do dedicated AC anymore)

Indeed. eCars for the win........

Basically it's a 150kW charger when only the CCS side is being used, but once a car plugs into the other side, it immediately becomes a 75kW charger.. and regardless of whether you are getting 150kW or 75kW, you are paying the premium price above the standard pricing for 50kW units.

I assume they're conflating eCars charge points to arrive at that "30,000" drivers using their network?

Big into the marketing........Ireland's biggest........world-first........next-gen......

Are they just 75kW DC units with the capacity to charge two cars simultaneously? If one is CHAdeMO & they represent 10% of EVs (& dwindling), it's in effect, just a single 75kW DC.

If they are on main streets, where phone kiosks ubiquitously were, parking will likely be restricted to one car anyway or if two spaces are marked, just one will likely be suitable given charge port locations.

It's progress & they are a private company so fair dues, but we really need multiple unit hubs with 150kW DC chargers (min 75/75 split). I can also see charges for these becoming very expensive, into the future.

EasyGo, Ireland’s largest car charging network provider, has announced that it will invest more than €600,000 in the installation of thirteen new fast electric vehicle (EV) charging stations in county Tipperary.

This installation is performed in partnership with eir, Ireland’s leading telecommunications provider, and Tipperary County Council.

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eir and EasyGo have joined forces to develop new charging points across the country, to accommodate the growing number of EVs on our roads.

This unique partnership creates an opportunity to transform a service that once provided vital public access to telephones into supports for the future of low-carbon transportation.

According to the Society of the Irish Motor Industry, about one out of every seven cars sold in Ireland so far this year are fully electric, with the rate of adoption growing quickly.

Adding these chargers, in easily accessible town centre locations, will increase the appeal of EVs for drivers, greatly extending the accessibility of charging points and thus the range of the vehicles.

Transport accounts for one third of Ireland’s energy-related CO2 emissions so increased adoption of EVs is a key aspect of Ireland's Climate Action Plan.

The EasyGo network is today used by more than 30,000 Irish EV drivers who can avail of charging at more than 2,400 charge-points nationally.

Marcus O’Connor, Director of Services for Roads, Transportation and Infrastructure, said that “Tipperary County Council is delighted to collaborate with EasyGo and eir in the provision of EV charging stations and to continue leading on the reduction of CO2 emissions”.

Oliver Loomes, CEO eir, said that “Radical transformation is required to meet the challenge of climate change. At eir, we are committed to playing our part in the creation of a greener, more sustainable Ireland. In order for Ireland to move to electric vehicles, we must have the required infrastructure in place, not just in cities, but across all of the country. We are proud to partner with EasyGo and Tipperary County Council to assist in the installation of EV charging points across Tipperary. We are in discussion with other Local Authorities across the country about similar programmes and, wherever possible, we will replace unused eir payphone kiosks with rapid EV charging units and we will continue to assist in making the transition to EV ownership more viable.”

EasyGo founder and technical director Chris Kelly expressed his delight at this agreement: “EasyGo is on a mission to decarbonise transport, and our partnership with eir can go a long way to achieving that.

“To include 13 locations in Tipperary will be a great improvement of infrastructure in the county, and we are grateful for the active engagement from the leadership and wider team at Tipperary County Council.”

The locations where new EV chargers are to be installed in Tipperary have been chosen based on population centres, a county-wide distribution and are expected to be: Ballina; Borrisokane; Cahir; Carrick-on-Suir; Cashel; Clonmel; Fethard; Nenagh; Newport; Roscrea; Templemore; Thurles and Tipperary Town.

These installations mark the continuation of the rollout of this programme national.

Throughout this programme, EasyGo and eir will utilise Tritium’s world first, next-generation simultaneous DC Rapid Chargers, adding up to 100km range to an Electric Vehicle in just 15 minutes.

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a nice batch of DC chargers through out Tipp would be good.

Up to 100km in 15 minutes, at an average of 17kWh/100km that would suggest 17kWh in 15 minutes or 68kW(h in 1 hr)... Presumably they are the 75kW units then?

Maybe their thinking is that a 75kW unit in the centre of a town or in a supermarket car park where people spend 20-40 minutes at at time will be more viable than a motorway services location where people tend to spend as little time as possible

The thing that's obvious from the general Easygo approach to getting chargers out....

Is that they seem to be looking at places not actually on the main motorway as an actual opportunity....

A gap in the market that others may not cover...

You won't see Ionity coming into Mallow or Charleville and we have a situation where on the main Cork to Limerick road - Easygo are the only operator of DC chargers on the route.

Also if you need to do shopping and also charge the car then you aren't going to go the motorway to Ionity when you can charge with easygo at the shopping place (ie Lidl).

BTW I'm sceptical of how well Easygo will do the job ultimately but I can see (i think) the gap in the market they are going for....

EasyGo continues to march onwards with their 200 Fast charger roll out…

Visibility will be huge, and these EasyGo units certainly stand out, so when they start popping up in fairly remote rural areas.... and then when they are seen being used in said areas.... it will be a huge endorsement for EV's in those areas (despite the fact that locals to that area would never have to use them unless they couldn't get a home charger)!!