Mark Irwin
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Health to enjoy -they are very relaxing to drive.Collected our iX3 yesterday, love it so far, going to take a bit of getting used to though! Never owned a car with a lot of tech before
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Any electric car drivers on here?
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Mark Irwin
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Health to enjoy.
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When you said M3 I thought you had posted in the wrong section.
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Nearly 2k miles in on the iX3 and it just gets better. Makes it even sweeter that the last 4 full charges have been FOC!
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Took me a while too before the penny dropped, glad I'm not the only one being a bit slow
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Wanted to try the local public charging so plugged in outside work and walked the 60 seconds to the office. Back 4 hours later to a fully charged car for free. BUT, the sooner they bring in overstay fees the better, there were two cars parked on the chargers in Bangor from 4pm Wednesday to 9am Thursday.
Mark Irwin
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Yip, had to ask a guy sitting in the green marked space in Cookstown to move yesterday with his ice engine running.
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And in fairness you were parked for four hours in yours yourself, that's a good stint blocking up a charger
Definitely start charging for the "free" chargers. Most in England are already.
I don't care how long people park or use the chargers as long as I don't have to pay for other people's electricity.
Rocko
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Yes, the car was charging 
Where are you getting most in England aren't free?
Where are you getting most in England aren't free?
Rocko
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I've no issue with people charging their cars until required, but using it as a parking space for 17 hours is a bit off.
Found 2 x Tesla Destination chargers at Bloomfields as well as the 2 x ESB chargers, very handy.
Found 2 x Tesla Destination chargers at Bloomfields as well as the 2 x ESB chargers, very handy.
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Mark Irwin
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A picture can tell a thousand stories, lack of planning, lack of strategy, lack of joined up thinking and silo mentality so even the good politicians are stifilled.
Rocko
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ESB got £3.7m from the government to upgrade their existing network in NI. There was something about money being available from OZEV but no council in NI has applied to spend it. It was on the podcast with Cooper and Mark McCall.
Thanks to @Cooper for helping cover the issues on the podcast. The reasons are many and complicated. Certainly our Executive has failed to plan, never mind execute, on the infrastructure required for the EV transition.
Some useful info on the latest ESB plans here - EVANI Members Q&A with ESB
We also have up to 100 new rapid chargers due from EasyGo and around 24 from the Faster Project. It will be the end of 2023 before most of this will be done - and maybe longer.
We have some resources here to make writing to you councillors and MPLs quite. easy, thanks
evani.uk
Some useful info on the latest ESB plans here - EVANI Members Q&A with ESB
We also have up to 100 new rapid chargers due from EasyGo and around 24 from the Faster Project. It will be the end of 2023 before most of this will be done - and maybe longer.
We have some resources here to make writing to you councillors and MPLs quite. easy, thanks
Lobby Your MLA on NI’s EV Charging Network
Now that we have published our 6 steps for change, it’s time to get the message out to all of our political representatives. A Few Clicks You can email all your MLAs with a few clicks by visi…
evani.uk
stevieturbo
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Thanks to @Cooper for helping cover the issues on the podcast. The reasons are many and complicated. Certainly our Executive has failed to plan, never mind execute, on the infrastructure required for the EV transition.
Some useful info on the latest ESB plans here - EVANI Members Q&A with ESB
We also have up to 100 new rapid chargers due from EasyGo and around 24 from the Faster Project. It will be the end of 2023 before most of this will be done - and maybe longer.
We have some resources here to make writing to you councillors and MPLs quite. easy, thanks
Lobby Your MLA on NI’s EV Charging Network
Now that we have published our 6 steps for change, it’s time to get the message out to all of our political representatives. A Few Clicks You can email all your MLAs with a few clicks by visi…
So loads of extra chargers are happening...what's the problem ?
Nothing happens at the click of your fingers, especially something that requires a lot of infrastructure. If it's commercially viable, then chargers will come. Maybe P&O could branch out...
I'm guessing you're not an EV driver? This sums up the problem here pretty well...
Are Scotland. England and Wales not generally paying to charge? Therefore there is revenue, yes there are grants here to set up chargers for ESB but that is not enough to run and maintain a network.
It’s the freebie attitude here that’s the issue with some owners exploiting that at every opportunity. Start to charge higher than it costs to charge at home and you may find Brian in his hybrid doesn’t suddenly get so excited about needing to park on a charger for a few hours to top up his car right back up to that 20 mile range
It’s the freebie attitude here that’s the issue with some owners exploiting that at every opportunity. Start to charge higher than it costs to charge at home and you may find Brian in his hybrid doesn’t suddenly get so excited about needing to park on a charger for a few hours to top up his car right back up to that 20 mile range