ESB eCars

Fair points. Curious if it's possible to dictate the charging power at a DC charger in a Tesla? I know I can't (Kia) but if anyone can it's likely to be in a tesla.

Ultimate first world problem there: "My car charges too fast".

Yeah I'd agree with that to an extent, fast food and fast charging do tend to exist together unfortunately, still based on the quick fuel stop model

I'd love to see better food at charging stops, but that tends to result in longer waiting and then you need to nudge drivers to stop using the chargers beyond what they need

Maybe instead of an overstay fee, the price per kWh should increase as the car reaches a higher SoC. Maybe 25% extra over 80% SoC and 50% extra over 90% SoC?

Overstay fees should kick in 5 mins after the car hits 100% or after 45 mins, whichever is sooner. Then the overstay starts increasing after 15 mins

Something to get the driver to be a good citizen and move the car after they've got enough charge

I wonder how many drivers on boards have a company EV that they get reimbursed using Ecars/Easygo?

Tesla payment error - first I’ve heard of this, I thought they were bulletproof?

More likely to have a charge card rather than getting re-imbursed. All depends on your companies policy really.

I get reimbursed for the those chargers that I cant access on my charge card. Theres no single fleet payment system Im aware of yet that covers all chargers.

Interoperability between electric charging providers will become an ever increasing problem in this country as the network grows and the Govt dithers with EV policy.

I'd love to know how that works in practice, does your employer just pay for public charging and home charging is your own expense?

Does you employer pay anything towards home charging?

Or is it like a petrol car where you're supposed to use the charging card for all your business mileage?

ESB is planning on upgrading the galway retail park to add 4 more charging bays. what that means is yet to be determined but look out for the planning application (assuming they need one?). That spot appears busy with an existing 50KW DC charger, a taxi favorite along with Newcastle spot.

Also at busy sites it "recommends" charging only up to 80% and automatically sets the charging limit to 80%. You can manually adjust but it gives you the fair play value and if you really care about your fellow peers you move on. I find charging at ecars CB when 8 SuC are beside it, purely selfish, whatever the reasons.

I agree that rather than the arbitrary €8 after 45 mins by ESB, the Tesla overstay model really incentivises you to "get off the pot", so to speak.

• if site is 100% utilised, it is €1 per minute overstay fee (no max limit)
• If it is 50% utilised, it's €0.50 per minute (no max limit)

They give you plenty of warning, too.

Pie in the sky. They've been promising the earth for years.

Could be. Went down for a look recently. There will be 7 charging cables available when they commission the high powered unit. There are 3 bays marked for EV's on the ground.