Four New IONITY Sites Begin Construction In UK

[simcity]

Nice to see this "petrol pump" layout taking hold too.

I’d prefer a pull though lane style approach that they do at some Fastned sites or the Gridserve Electric Forecourt approach. But it’s a step in the right direction.

Building 6-post sites in 2023 (with no easy expansion) is also very shortsighted. They need to build more 12, 16 and 24 post sites like Tesla otherwise they will get even more left behind than they already are.

The Village Hotels announcement was a step in the right direction even though I’m not totally convinced the geographic spread is ‘right’ around the UK.

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[Ross]

Agreed
Better arrangement than before but needs queuing system.
6 NOT enough.
Usually only 4/6 working and 2 more blocked.
One with something rubbish with max rate of 50kw/hr and another one with someone insisting on going all the way to 100%.

 

[anonymouse]

One with something rubbish with max rate of 50kw/hr and another one with someone insisting on going all the way to 100%.

yes exactly. At Ionity I keep coming across EV drivers who are charging to 100% very slowly and who have no idea that their journey would be faster if they stopped at 70-80% and charged again down the road.

May I suggest we all write to Ionity and encourage them to address this? I got quite a positive response to my suggestion that they focus on driver education and signage as a way to relieve some of the congestion issues in the UK (although the real solution is a combination of more stalls and better software, like Tesla’s which alerts and bumps down the charge limit to 80% at busy stations). Even just an educative sign or two on the busiest chargers could make a big difference.

 

[Scandinavian]

Building 6-post sites in 2023 (with no easy expansion) is also very shortsighted. They need to build more 12, 16 and 24 post sites like Tesla otherwise they will get even more left behind than they already are.

It has been reported earlier that the Tesla chargers are only 1/5 of the price of the Ionity chargers. So I guess the costs alone will make it a difficult decision to build 24 on one site as a start. But agree with you that they do need to have allowed for a rapid expansion if necessary. I have seen many sites now on my travels that started with 4 to 6 chargers and now are expanding the numbers, which is needed and very welcome.

 

[f1eng]

The middle one is Corwen INSTAVOLT with a useful number of 120kw/h chargers.

This is the one I use because I prefer a pretty route to dual carriageways.
It is the only one I have found and on Anglesey, where my daughter lives 50kW is max (or 2.1kW at her house…)

 

[Fish Fingers]

This is the one I use because I prefer a pretty route to dual carriageways.
It is the only one I have found and on Anglesey, where my daughter lives 50kW is max (or 2.1kW at her house…)

Anglesey is a lovely island (we used to holiday every year in Aberffraw as a kid).
But it is very poor for EV charging. Especially considering the number of cars going for Holyhead ferry.

We quite often have a drive out to Newburgh / Rhosneigr / Moelfre if we fancy a walk and some sea air.

Luckily, we can get there and back if I put it on 100% charge the night before, as its about 115 miles each way.

 

[Panther1]

Anyone got any updates on progress at IONITY Leicester ???

 

[Murph7355]

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One with something rubbish with max rate of 50kw/hr and another one with someone insisting on going all the way to 100%.

You'd think they could do something smart with this...

Assuming they also have 130-150kw chargers on the site, if a car with that as their ceiling plugs in at a 350kW one and the lower rated are available, warn the user to go to one of those, otherwise an additional per minute charge will apply.

They could do similar with people wanting to charge to 100%...note an extra per minute charge for 85%-100%

 

[anonymouse]

You'd think they could do something smart with this...

good idea - did you write to IONITY customer service and tell them? They do listen to suggestions and if enough of us push them on bottlenecks that could be fixed with signage or software they might take up some ideas.

 

[Frankcan]

I visited the Belfast site (Kennedy Centre, Andersonstown Road) about an hour ago, 13 chargers ! wooHoo
The engineers were still commissioning it, they said it goes live tonight! (29/02/24) the rates are disappointing though compared to my home charger

 

[simcity]

I visited the Belfast site (Kennedy Centre, Andersonstown Road) about an hour ago, 13 chargers ! wooHoo
The engineers were still commissioning it, they said it goes live tonight! (29/02/24) the rates are disappointing though compared to my home charger

30p @ IONITY is at the lower end of the scale compared to the likes of Instavolt, Gridserve or Shell for instance. Though I agree that ultra rapid prices across the board in the UK are too high.

 

[MrBlueSky]

I visited the Belfast site (Kennedy Centre, Andersonstown Road) about an hour ago, 13 chargers ! wooHoo
The engineers were still commissioning it, they said it goes live tonight! (29/02/24) the rates are disappointing though compared to my home charger

Good news and a decent number of chargers. I’ll check it out the next time I’m passing. Out of interest, did you notice what facilities were close to it (Costa etc)? I know it’s on/near the Kennedy Centre but, I was wondering if there’s anything close to the charging site itself?

 

[Frankcan]

Good news and a decent number of chargers. I’ll check it out the next time I’m passing. Out of interest, did you notice what facilities were close to it (Costa etc)? I know it’s on/near the Kennedy Centre but, I was wondering if there’s anything close to the charging site itself?

Yes, its a good size centre, theres a Costa inside on the ground floor, a large food court on the first floor and a Tim Hortons in the car park, anchored by Sainsbury's and lots of all the usual shops

 

[MrBlueSky]

I had the opportunity to check out the new site in Belfast. All good and the Tim Horton’s next to it provided the coffee.

 

[tylerdurden]

absolutely cacking for Leicester to go online.

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