New charging points - a press release from yesterday from POD point detailed the launch of electric car charging points onboard the Dublin-Holyhead and Rosslare-Cherbourg /Roscoff ferry routes. This is a joint venture with ESB ecars and Irish Ferries.
Importantly, this means you can now travel between Britain and France with your electric vehicle or hybrid car.
The charging points are POD Point Workplace units. These offer the latest Mode 3 charging technology which can charge up to 2.5 times faster than by plugging in to a conventional socket. However, this is providing you have fast charging connector for your car which usually comes as an optional extra.
At the moment these charge points are free to use, but we imagine this is unlikely to last. There are dedicated electric vehicle charging areas aboard the 'Ulysses' and 'Oscar Wilde' Irish Ferries’ vessels. Both POD Point and ESB hope to extend this service to their rest of the fleet soon.
Jan and Cristina Durzynski
April 7, 2012 - 9:57pm — Car repairsJan and Cristina Durzynski of east Cobb, background, charge their Nissan Leaf while shopping for groceries at Whole Foods Market on Johnson Ferry Road. This week, GE Energy and Mayer Electric will unveil the first non-retail public EV charging station on Canton Highway in Marietta. After the ribbon-cutting with Mayor Steve Tumlin, GE and Mayer Electric officials on Tuesday, EV drivers will be able to charge their vehicles at no cost at Mayer Electric’s branch location. Staff/Jon-Michael Sullivan - lost car keys london
This would give great ease
April 27, 2012 - 8:25am — randythomasThis would give great ease to the car owner since he/she will no longer need to find charging stations on land. The ferry should give the right amount of power to the cars while it travels to its destination. The electric cars would no longer need stainless exhaust tips because the motor does not require any fluid to power up the engine.