DC fast chargers replace old phone boxes in Ireland

EasyGo, Ireland’s largest private electric car charging network, today announced a new investment in DC fast chargers in towns and villages, and will be located in old phone box locations.

Phone boxes became obsolete when cell phones arrived. Therefore, the Irish telecommunications company Eir and EV . charging network it is easy to go I started replacing phone cases in Australia tritiumEV Chargers about two years ago.

Oliver Loomis, CEO of Air, said:

For Ireland to transition to eco-friendly electric cars, we must have the required infrastructure, not just in cities, but all over Ireland.

This new infrastructure will benefit society as the public telephone service once did.

With this additional multi-million euro investment, EasyGo has committed to deploying 200 standard 50kW tritium fast chargers across Ireland under this scheme, in addition to the 2,400 existing charging points.

EasyGo launched the program in Carlow, southwest of Dublin, in May 2022. It has contracts to add Tritium chargers at 70 locations in Offaly, Mayo, Cavan, Waterford, Kilkenny, Tipperary and Monaghan counties over the next six months.

EasyGo is working with other local authorities to locate an additional 130 locations across Ireland for new Tritium DC fast chargers, at no cost to county councils.

According to the Irish Automobile Industry Association, about one in seven cars sold in Ireland this year are all-electric, and the rate of electric vehicle adoption there is growing rapidly. The addition of EV chargers in accessible downtown locations will reduce range anxiety for potential new EV drivers. The new chargers will be particularly welcome in rural areas where public transportation is less.

Transport accounts for a third of Ireland’s energy-related carbon dioxide emissions. Increasing the adoption of electric vehicles is a key aspect of Ireland’s climate action plan, which sets a target for nearly one million electric vehicles on the road by 2030.

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Photo: Tritium DCFC Limited

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