Random EV thoughts.....

It'll be Chademo only so basically no

I've often reckoned the simpler and possibly cheaper option would be a DC-DC converter to step the battery voltage down to something the inverter can use on the DC side

Then you can leverage an existing PV system instead of trying to bolt on another expensive inverter to the system

It would also make charging from PV more efficient because the conversion losses would be smaller

Of course there's drawbacks, such as running an 800V DC cable to your attic. I imagine there's some stricter regs in that case

In general CCS plugs are more expensive as well so you'd have a very expensive charger sitting beside the car

Still....if you had a 40A rated cable it would be pretty cool to have 32kW if instant power available for charging your home battery and supplying your house and dumping to the grid. Anyone with free workplace charging would be laughing all the way to the bank

Renewables forum is probably the place to ask, although most of the same people post here as well so you shouldn't have trouble getting answers

https://www.boards.ie/categories/renewable-energies

To try and answer, you'd be looking at a PV installation but without the panels?

It's literally that, hybrid inverter with a battery attached. You charge it at night and then it discharges during the day until empty

It can definitely be done but unless there's a reason you can't put panels on your roof then it's probably better to get panels as well if you can

It's pretty hard to beat the magic glass that makes electricity for free 😁

Ahem. Ionity may have had the same, "problem" here for a couple of years.

Just came across this page on the IEVA website, might be of interest to some.

https://www.irishevassociation.ie/infrastructure-updates

Last Updated: 09/09/2024

I thought they were running it🫣

I was on the committee of the IEVOA years ago (during the judean peoples front phase). I assume the IEVA is the result of the IEVOA vs IEVO group.

The IEVOA wasnt all bad (I won their dublin to cork and back rally, which, without hubs or ionity was actually a big deal then) but they struggled to get anything done and weren't receptive to change. Think of a bunch of county council staff and a bunch of pensioners trying to all work together.

I exploded tea out of my nose from laughing at the Judean people's front comment 🤣

I think IEVOA always had the issue thay they had to walk a fine line with ESB when they were basically the only game in town

They obviously wanted to ask for more chargers but if they asked too many difficult questions then ESB would just start ignoring them and talk to a more friendly owners group

Still, I think they were probably a bit too soft on ESB at times.

Luckily we've a few more providers in the mix now so advocacy groups can afford to speak more freely

I have a garo 11kwh 3 phase single socket and an evbox 22kwh 3 phase with a double socket.

None of our cars can charge at 22kwh on AC so the evbox just allows 2 cars take 11kwh simultaneously.

I couldn't fault either of them to be honest, I prefer the Garo we have because it is tethered the evbox is untethered but both work perfectly fine and have been very reliable.