ESB eCars

We already probably have one every 60km or so. It would be fine if there were many more chargers per site. Whats needed is that people can just see all of a sudden that they could do with a charge and pull in nice and leisurely at the next charge location and get on and off a high powered charger without a wait.

Well the directive is for a hub every 60km, so we aren't there yet. Can't remember the details but there's a minimum number of chargers and power.

I think it starts at 6 with at least 150kW, and moves up to 300kW in a few years

Ive heard the same line since I first bought an EV in 2013. The problem is that as adoption increases the infrastructure isnt keeping up. Its always behind. It needs to be going ahead.

Applegreen charge a premium for fuel on the motorway services and plenty of punters are more than happy to pay for that convenience. Hence why Im happy to use Ionity if ESB or Tesla is not a ready option.

Sure Leafs are going to struggle, but the plight of the Chademo owner doesn't really prove anything generalised about "the terrible state of the charging infrastructure in Ireland" as stated by @SharkMX when they said they had to wait "over 2 hours for a charge on the M1 3 weeks ago"

I'm always amazed at the general uselessness of salespeople, I honestly think they'd struggle to answer how many wheels a car has

I think a lot of people make the mistake of thinking car salespersons are car enthusiasts, whereas they're often just in it for the money like most jobs

I would have thought that anyone with an early Leaf would be planning it's replacement since about 2020, or that it would now be their second car for local runaround trips. Surely Leaf owners aren't regular users of the public charging network I would have thought

I wonder if we'll ever get a response from @SharkMX…

New prices, finally getting a decrease

Also new overstay fee, now 50c/min instead of a static fee. That should be a dramatic improvement

I think it's 10c across the board, although AC chargers still look very expensive

Out of curiosity. What are Apple green antics? The charging on the M1 puzzled me. Seems to be ok for people coming to Dublin.

But for people heading North away from Dublin you seem to have to leave the M1 the further north you go. Most people will have home charged so won't want to charge until close to the border.

In a ICE AG used to be my pitstop at castle Bellingham. Now there's little point as it's poorly served for CCS.

Dear EV Driver, 

Thank you for being a part of an exciting transition to a low carbon, greener future for all. We have been working hard to improve and expand the ESB EV public charging network and the service we provide.

We are writing to let you know that we are decreasing our charging prices across our public charge points in the Republic of Ireland, which will be effective from Friday, 21st June. We are pleased to announce that we are reducing our unit rates across membership and pay as you go while also introducing a contactless payment option on our high-power chargers.

We are lowering our prices following reductions in wholesale energy costs while continuing to upgrade and improve our charging infrastructure across the country. We keep our prices under constant review and are committed to providing value to our customers with competitive prices.

What are the new prices? 

Membership Pay As You Go

Standard Chargers (<22kW)

€0.47 /kWh €0.52 /kWh

Fast Chargers (50kW-100kW)

€0.52 /kWh €0.57 /kWh

High Power Chargers (150kW-300kW)

€0.54 /kWh €0.59 /kWh

Monthly Subscription €4.79

There is no change to the membership subscription.

Contactless payments will be available on our high-power chargers from the end of this week. We are continuing to rollout this payment feature on our fast chargers over the coming months.

Changes to overstay fee

Thank you for your valuable feedback. Our recent customer survey found that 76% of respondents support an overstay fee to reduce queuing, so we have listened to your suggestions and have made some changes to the overstay fee to reflect what we have heard.

The existing one-off overstay fee of €8 has been replaced by a more progressive, incremental fee to further encourage drivers to free up charge points for other drivers when finished charging. The new overstay fee structure is 50c/min and kicks in after 45 minutes on fast and high-power chargers and after 10 hours on our standard chargers. This will also come into effect from Friday, 21st June.

To ensure you are notified of when overstay fees would apply, we encourage all drivers to turn on notifications on the ESB ecar connect app. This will mean you will receive push notifications as a reminder about the overstay fee when you start your charge.. 

The overstay fee is great, means I don't have to worry about moving after 45 minutes anymore! (if I'm charging the model 3 on a 50kW it takes about 55 minutes)