ecar connect

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About this app

Use Ireland’s extensive public charging network to charge your electric vehicle with the easy to use ecar connect app from ESB.

The app displays all charge points on the public charging network across Ireland in real-time. It enables you to register and pay, to swipe to remotely start and stop charging, to monitor and track usage, and to manage your own personalised account.

For more information visit https://www.esb.ie/ecars and https://www.facebook.com/ESBecars

Ratings and reviews

Does the job pretty well, nice to be able to start charging from the app directly. It'd be nice to have clearer linkage between charge points and the app listings, definitely felt like some guess work to get the right one. The weirdest thing is reporting distances in imperial units with no apparent way to change to metric. All road signs are fully metric in Ireland...why is this?

The app is very handy at ESB chargers, as it allows you to control the full charging experience with a few click and 2 swipes. You don't need a card or anything. Sometimes the app (or charger, not sure) can get confused and stuck when the swipe on the app and plugging of the cable are not made in the right order. What it needs now is a notification for overstay: When the time limit is close, the app should send a reminder because it is easy to forget about the 45 minutes.

Works ok for locating charge points and selection of charger. Major issue with app displaying my charger as available when my car was mid charge. Then swipe to stop did not stop the charge and I had to call esb support who had to disconnect the session otherwise the next person would have been able to piggyback on my session and use my credit.

What's new

Bug Fixes and security improvements.