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Car charging network provider EasyGo has partnered with telecommunications company Eir to replace 180 phone kiosks across the country with fast charging points for electric vehicles.
EasyGo claims that the DC Rapid Chargers, developed by Australia-based charging and plugging company Tritium, will add 100 kilometers of range to an electric vehicle in less than 20 minutes.
“100 kilometers of charging would cost less than € 5. The important thing for driving electric vehicles is that people can charge at home with the night rate, but they have the comfort of knowing that they can charge when they are away from home and return and not having that ‘rank anxiety’ ”, explained Gerry Cash, Director of EasyGo.
‘Range anxiety’ refers to the 21st century phenomenon in which a driver fears they will run out of power before reaching a charging point, compounded by the relative absence of charging infrastructure, particularly in rural areas.
“If you live in a rural area, you are not going to get on a Luas or a bus at the end of the road. That is why it is important that, if we are going to change from gasoline or diesel to electricity, we will have to be able to charge the cars in the rural areas, “Cash said.
Under its 2030 Climate Action Plan, the government aims to have nearly one million electric vehicles on Irish roads by the end of the decade.
According to figures from the Department of Transportation issued during the summer, there are currently only about 10,000 fully electric cars in the country, which is equivalent to less than 0.5% of the national fleet.
The location of the first chargers to be activated under this initiative will be announced after consultation with local authorities.
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Gerry Cash said the idea to transform phone booths came about given its location across the country.
“We have a culture of going to cities and places of convenience. Typically phone booth locations are in those kinds of places. And that’s what we want to do: make the experience of charging a car easy, comfortable. and safe for people. “
The move has been enthusiastically received by Eir, who owns phone kiosk sites across the country.
“Replacing our little-used legacy infrastructure with state-of-the-art fast chargers will make the transition to electric vehicles a viable alternative for thousands of people across the country, further driving the decarbonisation of Ireland and helping to meet our climate goals.” Said Carolan Lennon, CEO of Eir.
EasyGo is a private car charging network serving corporate, public and domestic charging customers with hardware and software charging solutions.
Its network is used by more than 7,000 Irish electric vehicle drivers who can find, use and pay for their charge at more than 1,200 charging points across the country.
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