ESB reduces prices at EV charging hubs

Rates go down as contactless payment options added to high-power chargers

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ESB ecars is to decreases prices across its public EV charging network from Friday, 21st June. This will see unit rates for high-power (200kW) chargers reduce by 13%, fast chargers by 12% and standard chargers by 8%. 

Contactless payments will also be available on high-power chargers from the end of this week.

The existing one-off overstay fee of €8 has been replaced by an incremental fee to encourage drivers to free up charge points for other drivers when finished charging. 

ESB’s most recent customer survey found that 76% of respondents support the overstay fee. The new overstay fee structure is 50c per minute and kicks in after 45 minutes on high-power and fast chargers and after 10 hours on standard chargers.  

John Byrne, head of emobility at ESB, said:  “We are lowering our 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.”   

ESB has installed 42 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. 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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