2022 Irish EV Sales

I've never used a public charger but have seen plenty of cars parked in the spaces not even plugged in, a way to stop this might be to charge for parking but when you pay for the parking in a charging spot, the parking fee goes towards the charging fee? That would mean there's no advantage to being parked in those spots.

The Leaf 40 kwh issue on Taxis and the like is likely because of Nissans decision to not fit active cooling to the cars.

Components inside the pack start swelling up and so far the issue impacts Taxis or other heavy use vehicles at between 100 k and 150 k miles*.

Usually the issue shows up as either an isolation safety issue - the cars systems detect an issue and the car then won't start.

Or you get a weak module showing up.

The issue is then found when the battery pack is stripped down as part of the diagnostics into the non start or loss of range issue the car was bought in to the workshop for.

On high mileage taxi type work the cars will often be rapid charged - the battery gets hot repeatedly and thus causes the issue long term.

I would suspect that many normal use Leaf 40s will not see the issue for some time - possibly even never.

Because how many of them are on daily rapid charge type journey patterns.

Or indeed even doing big miles in first place.

Other EVs will likely be much better for a number of reasons.

1) less battery cycles over the life of the vehicle. Meaning less pressure on the battery during high mileage operations. Would even expect a 62 kwh Leaf to be less prone to the issue just for this reason alone. Even though the 62 kwh has no active cooling either.

2) active cooling means the battery will run at a much more controlled temperature over an operational day or full life of the vehicle.

3) better basic battery packs - Nissan are known for sub optimal battery packs in first place even without this issue.

Edit

Nissan designed their Leafs with a flawed expectation of how the cars would be used.

They weren't anticipating the idea of using the car for 300 miles EVERY day as a working vehicle with all that means in terms of 1 to 3 rapid charges daily.

They expected in their design that you might drive 50 miles a day to work, 50 miles home again and charge overnight.

More work to be done

It's always been like this. Hyundai came out with the game changing high spec cheap €25k, super efficient so decent range Ioniq 28kWh in late 2016. It was far better per € than anything else out there, they could have sold 100 times what they were producing, but somehow their production was low and they kept half of them in South Korea. In the US the car was only available in a couple of states and the minimum price you could get one for was $3000 ABOVE the full list price. Dealers very greedy, because they could.

It’s just a shame about the looks

The EV6 is the most expensive too isn't it? More than Ioniq5, ID4, Model 3 or Enyaq anyway.

I actually think the ID.4 looks smart. In general, the designers within the VAG group having been delivering top work in the last decade or so compared to the likes of some other German competitors like BMW and Mercedes. The Koreans have come a long way, I like what they are doing, but their designs are marmite (Ioniq 5, EV6)

Personally I really like both Ioniq 5 and EV6, but they are not mainstream looking cars. VW is far better at that while still keeping the cars distinctive and fresh looking. Great example is the Tiguan. Yes just another in the super popular class of compact / mid size cross overs. But by far the best looking one of them all.

I really don’t care for the rear of the ev6. The ioniq5 has grown on me but I’d still take the VW group designs over the others.

i wish they’d all give up on the massive suv yokes though and give us some nice saloons and estates. The model3 is a nice size.

I would be more inclined to say "some people are creatures of habit". I've been driving for 23 years and I've had Opel (Kadett and Astra) , Citroen (Xantia), Ford (Scorpio, facelift end of the line plus several Focuses) and Hyundai (XG). Currently waiting for a C4. Don't think I'd ever consider a Volswagen or a Toyota. Audi would come under that bracket too.

I don’t believe that the ioniq5 offers wireless CarPlay or Android which would rule it out for many people. That’s a serious lack of basic tech.

Hie can you say it has better Infotainment when it lacks basic functionality?

Cables suck especially with iPhones. The lightening port attracts lint and gets blocked. No issue with wireless CarPlay in the ID4 and I wouldn’t consider a car without it.

you shouldn’t have to plug in a cable in 2022 especially a 50k+ one

ID.3 and ID.4 are middle of the road cars. People don't buy a VW EV for the tech. If you want one that's 5 years ahead, buy a Kia / Hyundai. If you want one that's 10 years ahead, buy a Tesla

you’ve been told it is 5 years away old. But yet the ioniq is the one missing basic technology

I don’t rely on wireless it but it certainly helps with Spotify, listening to messages and dictating responses , using google maps. And thus provides an overall user experience How do use Spotify in an ioniq5?

I haven’t used a. Ioniq. But I don’t see how it could be any easier than the id4. Just touch what you want it to do it use voice commands.

i believe they do with the latest software. But I just use the ones on my chargers. Interfaces with VW to read the SOC.

Never an issue for me. Where did you have the phone ?

2 year old base Tesla Model 3 are not selling for more than a brand new one costs. There are some sellers who put ridiculous asking prices up, but that doesn't mean they are selling at that.

"It was sold on for 10% more, i.e. more than a new 2022 LFP car is available for today."

Unless you can show some sort of proof of that, there is no QED I'm afraid ;-)