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THE COST FOR charging your electric vehicle will drop by up to 13% at all ESB chargers from tomorrow, it has been announced.
ESB Ecars announced that it was lowering prices across its 1,600 EV charge points.
Unit rates for high power (200kW) chargers will decrease by 13%, fast chargers will drop by 12%, and standard chargers will drop by 8%.
The move comes as wholesale electricity costs continue to decline from their peak in 2022.
Getting additional EVs on the roads is a key part of the Government’s Climate Action Plan to reduce Transport-related greenhouse gas emissions.
However, despite significant increases in EV sales at the start of the decade, sales have recently declines year-on-year. The lack of public charging infrastructure and a cut in the electric vehicle grant has been blamed by industry groups for the decline.
The ESB also announced that contactless payments will also be available on its high power chargers from tomorrow, and that it will be changing the one-off overstay fee of €8.
In its place, a new overstay of 50c/min kicks in after 45 minutes on High-Power and Fast chargers and after 10 hours on Standard chargers.
In a statement commenting on the reduction in tariffs, John Byrne, Head of eMobility at ESB, said the group was lowering its 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,” he said.
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At about 50c per KWh, it makes fuelling an electric vehicle cost almost the same as fuelling a similar efficient Petrol vehicle.
A new electric vehicle will use around 20KWh to travel 100km, so about a cost of €10.00
My 20 year old Petrol car will use 6 litres of fuel, so about a cost of €10.38 (fuel card).
How can anyone justify the cost and environmental impact of electric cars? A scam.
@Michael Dineen: For me it’s less than half. I’m basing it on how many kilometres I got from a full tank of diesel. That equivalent for me works out at less than half on fast charges ONLY. It would be half that again if I was using a home charger. So for my experience, you’re completely wrong.
Ryan is still pedalling this agenda of useless evs …fine in the dublin 4 land …
If you could afford a £70k tesla 10 years ago you got free VRT bringing in from the UK… today if you can afford the same car for £40k you will pay a tax (7–10k or so) imposed BY Irish people ON Irish people. The percentage amount of tax is based on the “value” of the vehicle (not what you actually paid, what the NCT ‘believe’ is market price is). This has been proven to be criminal in the EU with our elitist overlord deciding that the actually make more money from the tax than the cost of the fine. It’s a perfect example of why globalism isn’t working for the individual and really only means monetary access for millionaires, it’s also a good example of whats it’s like to be Irish, to be told no at every junction, we’re truly horrible to each other.
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