- 12 High-Power Charging Bays on M7’s Junction 14 Mayfield site
- Full contactless payment is available on all high-power chargers and at all new charging hubs across Ireland
- ESB has the largest public EV charging network, with over 1,600 charging hubs across the country
Thursday, 19th December 2024
ESB has upgraded its existing High-Power Charging Hub in Junction 14 Mayfield, to include 2 new high power chargers creating 4 more EV charging bays and playing a key role in supporting Ireland’s EV transition and in time for increased demand over the Christmas period. In 2021, ESB opened their first eight bay, high power electric vehicle charging hub at the site. The hub can charge 12 EVs simultaneously, providing 100km of charge in as little as six minutes.
Situated just off the M7, at Monasterevin, Co Kildare, these easily accessible and strategically located chargers eliminate concerns faced by drivers when searching for charging stations on their journeys. This ensures that drivers can confidently plan their routes knowing that a reliable charging station is within reach.
In June, ESB announced a planned price decrease across its public EV charging network in the Republic of Ireland which saw unit rates for High-Power (200kW) chargers reduce by 13%, Fast chargers reduce by 12% and Standard chargers reduce by 8%. Contactless payment is now available across all of our network making the charging experience as seamless as possible for drivers.
Welcoming this announcement, Francis O’Donnell, Head of eMobility at ESB, said: “The upgrade to six High-Power EV chargers at Junction 14 represents our commitment to providing convenient, quick, and easy charging for EV owners and users. This milestone significantly enhances the availability and accessibility of public charging infrastructure in the Kildare region and beyond ; access to high-power charging facilities on key national routes is essential for EV drivers who need to cover longer distances."
“Earlier this year, ESB reduced EV charging prices and introduced contactless payments, demonstrating our unwavering commitment to continually finding new ways to enhance the public charging experience for our valued customers."
Liam Fitzpatrick, Joint owner of Junction 14 Mayfield also welcomed the increased capacity at the site saying: “Our business goal is to provide customers with a premium experience right across all aspects of the site’s facilities and we are delighted to partner with ESB ecars to provide Motorway users with this enhanced capacity to deliver highly efficient on-demand charging.”
To date, ESB has installed 47 multi-vehicle, high-power charging hubs nationwide over the past two years and replaced over 300 chargers to increase the speed and capacity of the charging network. In 2023, partially funded by the Government’s Climate Action Fund, they doubled their number of high-power chargers. ESB now has over 1,600 public charge points in place across the country with an average reliability rate of 98%.
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