EasyGo public chargers

Add installation etc. the units only make up some of the costs

If they were buying at wholesale they would have collapsed over the last year.

they are buying at commercial rates of a retailer. Which are far higher than 10c/kWh the wholesale rate is only 1 element you need to add TUOS and DUOS and other rates like standing charges

here’d are the only people buying and selling on the market : https://www.sem-o.com/documents/general-publications/List-of-Registered-Parties.pdf

As others have said most easygo sites seem quiet while nearby esb sites seem busy enough.

Easygo aren't doing themselves any favours with their prices in fairness.

As for the build cost being a factor I don't buy that argument, there's plenty of petrol station forecourts out there that cost an arm and a leg to build but sell their fuel for 3c/L above wholesale or less

Youtube: Easygo: DC Charging on an EasyGo Charger (3 min video)

Some of the chargers arent very intuitive. Especially if its the 50kW DC chargers that have no screen. You have to start it on the app, then press the start button on the charger. Caught me out before.

Not all petrol/diesel pumps are supported by shops, in fact there's a lot of self-service petrol/diesel pumps after springing up in the last few years and they tend to be cheaper than others

The countries most expensive electric car chargers are applegreen and they are supported by shops in all of the locations they operate

The speed of filling is becoming less of an issue every day as the tech in more modern electric cars allows higher charging speeds

How much does your fuel card cost you a month? That's probably where their profits are coming from

Ensure you are logged into app and press select to start charging. Follow your nose to stop charging

Seems easygo now allow negative balances when started with app or fob. In the past charging would stop with +70c credit and confuse me. Even topping up while charging would not help. The credit needed to be in account before starting and there is no auto top up option unlike esb.

I also noticed on some lidl ABB brand chargers I could not get it to start by fob, and on the app it shows charging rate as 0kW when it's charging fine. These are very square ABB boxes are not the same units used at most easygo sites which are tritium brand.

From

Chris Kelly, the founder of Erapid which trades as EasyGo and CarCharger EV

Erapid Charger Company Limited, which trades as EasyGo - the country's largest private car charging network provider - and CarCharger EV, is to create 60 jobs after it received an investment of €30m by Aviva Investor.

Aviva Investors is the global asset management business of Aviva and it said it was making the €30m investment in Erapid as part of its Climate Transition Real Assets strategy.

Erapid, through CarCharger and EasyGo, currently manages over 4,000 charging points in 1,500 locations across the island of Ireland which are currently used by more than 50,000 registered drivers. About 2,000 new users have been added each month in 2023.

With the new investment, Erapid plans to roll out over 3,000 fast DC chargers onto the national charging network by 2032.

The company also plans to add over 20,000 commercial AC chargers into apartment, buildings, hotels and other key locations.

To facilitate this next growth stage, the company's new headquarters will be based in Maynooth, where the company has also established an operations support centre of excellence.

As part of the investment, Rubicon Capital Advisors - an Irish based merchant banking boutique and one of Erapid's largest shareholders - will also increase its stake in the company to further assist with the growth of the business.

Chris Kelly, co-founder of Erapid, said today's announcement will accelerate the company's mission to decarbonise transport, providing accessible and efficient EV charging solutions across the island of Ireland and into the UK.

"As Ireland’s largest owner and operator of charging stations, this strategic investment by Aviva Investors propels us into an exciting phase of growth," Mr Kelly said.

"One of the immediate goals resulting from this funding is the significant expansion of our network, including the rollout of over 3,000 fast chargers. We will also be hiring for up to 60 new roles across operations, customer support and sales," he added.

Mr Kelly said the investment marks an exciting new phase for Erapid and its two brands.

He said that the EV sales market in Ireland is booming but needs the infrastructure to catch up.

"This investment combined with our history of introducing the latest charging technology to Ireland means we are well positioned to create and scale a seamless EV charging network that supports a sustainable future," he added.

Adam Irwin, Fund Manager, Infrastructure Equity, at Aviva Investors, said the company's investment into Erapid and its two core brands CarCharger and EasyGo is a "terrific opportunity" to invest into one of its home markets and support the growing Irish and Northern Irish EV charging sector.

He noted that Ireland has some of the lowest public charger to EV ratios in the EU, giving potential for substantial growth in the platform as part of the transition from internal combustion engines and towards electric powertrains.

"We view this as a great opportunity for the money we look after on behalf of our clients to make a material contribution to delivering on the UK and Ireland’s net zero ambitions, whilst also meeting their long-term investment objectives," he added.

200KW charger vs 50KW .....not exactly a hard decision.

Thats bloody ridiculous... So EasyGo get the bad rep for the units being down, but they are not being let onsite!!

Don't know about what has happened at the car park in the Bons, but this Applegreen 180kW is very close by as well without having to fight your way through the traffic on Lough Atalia Road to get to the EasyGo at the docks.

Thanks @cannco253 and @CivilEx . I'll give that one a shot. Time to download another charging app. :)

Maybe contact easygo helpline. Even if they say it's ok you may need an easygo RFID card to activate it if app activation is not an option.

In fairness it looks a pretty fugly set-up, especially in the easygo colours.

Thanks for that. I ended up using an ESB charger over by Smyths/McDonalds which was not too bad.

So you don't see the wallet under Payments and Sessions at all?

I'm on software version 4.1.55 on Android.

Yeah, getting a lot of bad reviews for crashing too I see.