DCC EV charging 'strategy' (June 2022)

[watty]

Electric Vehicle Charging Information  (home page)

Dublin City Council acknowledges the challenges associated with the transition to electric vehicles outlined in the National Climate Action Plan as we respond to the needs of the citizens of the City by providing a sustainable urban mobility strategy. The Council also understands that technology is changing rapidly and that a range of different solutions are required to successfully address current and future mobility demands, not only in the City, but across the wider Dublin Metropolitan Area.

The four Dublin Local Authorities, supported by SMART Dublin and Climate Action Regional Office (CARO), commissioned a strategic study to examine how best we can facilitate the provision of electric vehicle-charging infrastructure across the Dublin region and the scale of investment required.

The Dublin Local Authority Electric Vehicle Charging Strategy was published in June 2022.

(PDF) Electric Vehicle Charging Strategy

(PDF) Electric Vehicle Charging strategy (Executive Summary)

[Rat Catcher]

Excellent.

[John m]

WATTY I had porter the other day with an X City Councillor he says big issue is accessability to chargers for wheelchair users is causing councils to halt installation until they can agree on a model of charger that can be operated from a wheelchair . Also bottle recovery units on Council property installation has been halted as they are not wheelchair accessible .The slot for bottles is to high and the same with chargers the plug in point for your own extension lead may be to high to reach from a wheelchair .I asked him is there a standard Wheelchair ?So how do you set a standard for a machine to be compatible if there is no standard wheelchair ?

[watty]

Hard to believe the council that's the reason for the holdup.    During the trial closure of Capel St in 2022, they moved the disabled spots across the road to Fishamble St.  The wheelchairs were nearly rolling down the hill into the Liffey!  They're still there 

Why were five disabled spots put at the bottom of a steep Dublin hill?

Disability rights campaigners have criticised parking spaces for mobility-impaired drivers being sited at the bottom of a steep hill on a Dublin city centre street.  The campaigners say the parking spaces on Fishamble Street are unfit for purpose, as they’re at the end of one of the steepest streets in the capital.  The spaces were added by Dublin City Council as replacements for those lost during a trial pedestrianisation of Capel Street, across the Liffey, last summer.

I think it's more a lack of ability to innovate and they don't want to be sued.  In legal cases, there's no point in suing someone if they have no money.  You sue the person with the deepest pockets.  DCC has the money and judges are soft touches when it comes to compo cases.  People sue over falling over roadworks and tree stumps.  EV chargers/gullys would just be a new revenue stream for the compo-chasers.

[John m]

Watty did you know the ESB chargers in Tesco Liffey Valley Car Park are inaccessible after 9pm as they place a row of bollards across the entrance .I wonder how many other Chargers are locked behind Gates after a certain time Like ones in GAA clubs or Council properties .

[watty]

RE a wheelchair standard...  I'd imagine the NHS/HSE have a standard wheelchair and the council could design off that?

Watty did you know the ESB chargers in Tesco Liffey Valley Car Park are inaccessible after 9pm as they place a row of bollards across the entrance .I wonder how many other Chargers are locked behind Gates after a certain time Like ones in GAA clubs or Council properties .

I did not know that.  Do they close the entire car park or just the EV bit?

[John m]

RE a wheelchair standard...  I'd imagine the NHS/HSE have a standard wheelchair and the council could design off that?

Watty did you know the ESB chargers in Tesco Liffey Valley Car Park are inaccessible after 9pm as they place a row of bollards across the entrance .I wonder how many other Chargers are locked behind Gates after a certain time Like ones in GAA clubs or Council properties .

I did not know that.  Do they close the entire car park or just the EV bit?

The whole lot .Luckily there is a Certa garage close by .But imagine your running on your last few volts and you arrive to find the Chargers locked off !

[watty]

I don't know Liffey Valley that well but it sounds like a security thing (stop joyriding?/less security guards) rather an anti-EV thing?

[Rat Catcher]

Drill baby, drill!

[John m]

I don't know Liffey Valley that well but it sounds like a security thing (stop joyriding?/less security guards) rather an anti-EV thing?

Probably to stop knackers or Campervans parking over night .Might also have something to do with saving power .If the carpark is closed off they can turn off the lights .Tesco Carpark in Celbridge has over 1000 flourescent lights that stay on 24/7 must cost a fortune to run .

[watty]

Like I said, lack of ambition...

Cork City Council leading on upgrading EV fleet

Cork City Council has electrified a greater proportion of its fleet than any other local authority, according to a new report.  The research by transport technology company Geotab found that one-in-four of Cork City Council's fleet has been electrified with 80 of its 321 vehicles now an Electric Vehicle (EV).

... Fingal County Council has the council fleet with the most EVs in the country. According to Fingal, this is a result of adopting an EV-first procurement policy since 2018.

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"With just six out of 31 councils electrifying more than 8% of their fleets, and over two-thirds remaining below 5%, the pace of progress is not aligned with national emissions reduction targets.  "Given the scale of fleets operated by county and city councils across Ireland, they have a critical role to play in decarbonising public sector transport infrastructure," Mr Holt said.

The article says Fingal CC has been adopting EV since 2018 but they still can't beat Cork's 25% of the fleet being EV.  That's pretty lazy (or something)...

[Rat Catcher]

To be fair, I think Fingal Co. Co. still have a few road sweepers operating hand carts. Cleaning doesn't get any environmentally friendlier than that.

[silverbullet]

I don't know Liffey Valley that well but it sounds like a security thing (stop joyriding?/less security guards) rather an anti-EV thing?

Probably to stop knackers or Campervans parking over night .Might also have something to do with saving power .If the carpark is closed off they can turn off the lights .Tesco Carpark in Celbridge has over 1000 flourescent lights that stay on 24/7 must cost a fortune to run .

If  the posh hippies park their vans in the power station spaces can they be charged?