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Only issue with that is that you only have 4 charging bays and 8 available charge points. You would need longer spaces to accommodate 8 cars and be able to maximise the use of every charge point

EA. Great example. In a site with 4 units, each unit has 2 connectors. So thats 8 plugs. Of those 8, 7 are CCS. We should follow their lead here.

Do you have any stats to back up your 30-40% claim?

No, because it's chunky japanese powered bunkum

Ah yes. The japanese imports with wonky FM bands and displays that cant be 100% changed, and the UK imports with 23% VAT and possibly 10% customs duties. They will take the market by storm, better watch out for all the chademos!

It doesnt work like that - it is proposed that you can only claim back UK VAT on the the second-hand purchase price (pro-rata effectively). You pay 23% on Irish VAT on the original new purchase price.

And there is no current start date - it is on hold as UK Govt intends to renegotiate the Northern Ireland Protocol.

Now they are, yes, but 3 years ago they were just like us on parity, most UK imports are 3+ years old therefore 50% Chademo wouldn't be unrealistic

Assuming we have 50k EVs by the end of this year and we add 24k next year, 48k in 2024 etc we would be at 3.072M new sales in 2030 and a total of 6.17M on our roads... That would be good going but completely unrealistic.

A dealer in January told me the market for all new cars in Ireland regardless of fuel source is 100,000

Now they are, yes, but 3 years ago they were just like us on parity, most UK imports are 3+ years old therefore 50% Chademo wouldn't be unrealistic.

Our imports from the UK have been primarily ones that the UK second hand market didn't want (diesels). UK imports of EVs is going to get lower, as they are more desirable there with rising fuel prices.

I just checked autotrader to see what is available in the UK, and for 2019 cars there are almost 6 times as many CCS as Chademo cars. In total, there are less than 700 available.

Also, in the UK in 2019, there were about 38500 new EVs sold. If you say that 10% of those get imported to Ireland, then that's 3850 imports, and if you say that 50% of those have Chademo connectors, then there's 1925 Chademo cars imported each year. 50% is above the rate of cars sold in the UK with Chademo, but Leafs are produced in the UK, so (I think) are covered by the EU/UK trade agreement and don't need to have import duties paid, just VAT. Add those to the cars sold new with Chademo and you still end up with less than 3000 Chademo cars out of the probably 25-30k EVs registered next year.

Carlisle Road was only replaced a year or so back.

The one in the Diamond is in an area that has been changed to a pedestrian area so they'll have to move it.

Ecars told me that the 50kW (which has been maxed to 25-30kW for years) will be replaced in October with a 100kW unit.

CHADEMO Is being squeezed daily. No new cars , other than the leaf have it. And that’s being dropped. Every day more and more CCS cars are sold. It may be 5:1 at the moment. But it’ll be 10::1 next year

Be interesting to see what the NI charges will be when they arrive, presume they'll start with fast chargrs and later introduce for the slow charges as they did here... The London ones are a bit pricey but they don't get public money over there to my knowledge